The Russians have condemned the Israeli buzzing and sonic-booming of Bashar Assad’s palace:
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin criticized Israel on Thursday for sending warplanes to buzz one of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad palaces early Wednesday.
In a predawn operation Wednesday morning, Israel Air Force warplanes carried out a low-altitude flight over Assad’s palace in the Mediterranean port city of Latakia in northwestern Syria.
Kamynin said it was “absolutely unacceptable” to breach the border or air space of any country.
The Syrians tried to counter the news of the buzzing with an announcement that anti-aircraft fire and defenses in Damascus “drove away the Israeli warplanes.” However, the defenses didn’t activate until the operation was well underway.
Of course, we all know who provided this hardware and technology to the Syrians which proved utterly ineffective against the Israeli operation and is wishing to provide further technology and hardware in exchange for Syrian port access… the Russians.
So, it’s very likely that the Russian condemnation has nothing to do with air space or borders or sovereignty, but the fact that the Israelis have proven in a big way to other wealthy clients in the Middle East that Russian hardware is totally incapable of detecting and defeating any operation by their obvious target.
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