Having established a base on the Syrian coast, Vladimir Putin last
week began air strikes on ISIS and other rebel forces seeking to
overthrow Bashar Assad.
A longtime ally of Syria, Russia wants to preserve its toehold on the
Mediterranean, help Assad repel the threat, and keep the Islamic
terrorists out of Damascus.
Russia is also fearful that the fall of Assad would free up the Chechen terrorists in Syria to return to Russia.
In intervening to save Assad, Putin is doing exactly what we are doing to save our imperiled allies in Baghdad and Kabul.
Yet Putin’s intervention has ignited an almost berserk reaction...
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If Russia wants to be the dominant power in the Middle East, let them have it!
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