Aleppo has fallen, Russians are being hailed as heroes and terrorists are being stacked like firewood.

Thanks to S300v4 for the link!

Do me a favor.  Check out this Twitter Feed before you read the rest of my little rant.

You're back?  Ok then consider this.  I don't know who this guy is but he appears to be part of the local scene or is keeping close tabs on it at least and the message is clear.

Aleppo has fallen, Russians are being hailed as heroes and terrorists are being stacked like firewood.

That isn't an intelligence assessment, that's an observation of social media. Make no mistake about it.  The Russian actions in Syria have gained them ENORMOUS credibility in the region.  I don't know why the Pentagon tried to slow walk the fight against ISIS.  I don't know where the talking point that it would take decades to defeat them came from but the Russians exposed us in a very serious and very disturbing way.

I don't know what the problem is with our way of war but we've consistently deployed more men, launched more strikes and provided far more support than the Russians could ever dream of yet while they have achieved victory we remain in a stalemate (at best) type of situation in our fights.

Everyone from the Pentagon, to the Administration, to think tanks, to SOCOM and even conventional ground combat units needs to take a serious look at how/why we do what we do and how we can do it better.

The Syrian Army WAS ALL BUT BEATEN and the Russians deploy at most a Marine Brigade along with Paratroopers with some Spetznaz thrown in, mixed in with less than a full air wing and they win the fight?

Yeah they've figured out something that we haven't.