Syria no-fly zone --> armed conflict with Russia. Indeed, this seems to actually be one of the deep state's goals.
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meh, you vastly underestimate the inertia and overestimate the volitional coherence of the so-called deep state
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not a monolith! 2001 was a result of only a handful of deep state actors
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not saying it can't happen, esp if Putin decides he wants to provoke it, but probability is very low
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Honest question: when is the last time Putin provoked anything with anyone?
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I see. What if I told you the Russia-Ukraine thing went down with zero bloodshed, but rather a democratic referendum
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And that it began w/ an attempted coup which would to turn control of Russia's only all-weather port over to NATO
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Simply, there was no Ukrainian conflict as described in US media. US & NATO just didn't get a thing that it wanted
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Yeah, because they didn't have incentive to really engage. Bloodless except for MH17, a few other skirmishes.

