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Originally Posted by blankall
This.
The Spetznaz are like the Navy Seals without a conscious. The Western conscious combined with Russia severely limiting Western action in Syria has led to ISIS being very sheltered so far.
The Spetznaz are simply not going to respond to ISIS threats to harm civilians and hostages. When Chechnan terrorists held hostages in the Beslan school crisis and the Moscow theatre incident, the Spetznaz just stormed in. They were willing to sacrifice hundreds of Russian civilians in order to provide a heavy handed response. I can only imagine what they'll do to ISIS fighters embedded in areas filled with Syrian civilians.
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The article that I read (will try and find it later) stated that the majority of the Spetznaz troops that are being deployed were battle hardened in Chechnya. These aren't fresh faced recruits, these are guys that have lived and breathed this for years. Their marching orders (from the article that I read) were to Locate, Infiltrate, Eradicate.
Anyone who thinks ISIS fighters are butchers have yet to see savagery. These men will brutally wipe ISIS off the face of the earth and go home and sleep like babies. And in all honesty, good. Get it done.
Heavy hand response is a very apt description.