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cgod  ·  1522 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan devolves into war

Turkey bussing Syrian jihadi's in doesn't seem like a very responsible thing for a NATO member to be doing. I've seen a few truck loads of gunmen allegedly from Turkey heading to the front on Twitter (it could be footage from the 80's for all I know).

The little Republic of Artsakh seems to be fucked and is mostly what this part of the war is about? I think? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Artsakh They have a pretty neat flag.

Maybe someone else has been following along and can help fill in blanks.





kleinbl00  ·  1521 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Erdogan is pretty much banking on "They'll never kick us out of NATO."

They are dix.

Fundamentally they're experiencing a currency crisis (the lira has lost 2/3rds of its value since 2016), a legitimacy crisis (the supposed coup attempt hasn't been resolved) and a border crisis (the Kurds and Rojavans refuse to die while the Syria-Turkey-Russia triangle just gets dumber and more expensive). This has led to all sorts of wild-eyed performative proxy warfare. It's a pigfuck.

cgod  ·  1521 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Russia isn't into this, and I think that's why it will end soonish.

It's the Caucuses, If Russia gets to swing it's dick anywhere it's here. They have good relations with both sides but seem to favor Armenia a bit.

Azerbaijan has a bigger better military but the ground is a defenders dream. Anything the Azeris's take will be taken at a high cost and it will be a slow grind.

I think Azerbaijan wanted to test the waters and see how all the players would react.

If the Turks poke their heads into the conflict too much Russia will start applying pressure, either here or somewhere else. The Turks can't really afford too much additional pressure.

This is my best guess of what's going on how things will go.

kleinbl00  ·  1521 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Erdogan seems to have miscalculated Putin a few times already. That's one of the real problems - it's fuckin' amateur hour out there.