Russian determination, U.S. waffling as Syria burns
By L. Todd Wood - - Thursday, October 6, 2016
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Tensions between the U.S. and Russia over Syria have risen significantly over the last several weeks, and it’s pretty clear why.
Take the well-thought-out machinations of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the absolute lack of a strategy by the Obama administration, mix in some extreme U.S. incompetence and lack of will, and the result is a conflagration of vanities in the Levant and the Fertile Crescent. Secretary of State John F. Kerry fecklessly threatened to break off “contact” with Russia over Syria, did so, and then started talking again less than 48 hours later.
Russia thought that its military adventure in Syria would solve several problems. Mr. Putin is betting that a war in the Middle East against “terrorists” will excite the Russian people enough to make them forget about the shrinking buying power of their pension checks.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/oct/6/behind-the-curtain-russian-determination-us-waffli/
