Several things, none good for America.
Syria’s future can be seen in Grozny.
Assad’s—and Putin’s—free ride for mass murder must be stopped.
Only one side will cease firing.
His former handler is Putin’s Middle East envoy.
Vladimir Putin vs. President Ecclesiastes.
Long-term trouble for Israel.
Israel, Poland, and Putin.
It depends on what its goal was.
Assad will remain in power, and Islamic State is undefeated.
Putin aims to demonstrate that Russia, and not America, is the main power broker in the region.
President Obama’s foreign policy failures—Iran, Syria, Russia—aren’t accidents. They’re rooted in flawed theories and misguided judgments.
How will Russia react?
Blind to the motives that shape the Russian president’s strategy, the White House pursues a futile search for “common ground.”