Obama, World Leaders Reject Russian ‘Terrorist’ Strikes in Syria | Only 5 Percent of Russian Airstrikes Targeting IS | Putin’s First Undeserved Victory in Syria – West Caving on Crimea: "Putin clearly went to war in Syria for many reasons: to show his contempt for Barack Obama, to demonstrate that “Russia is back” and can do what it wants, to create a crisis in the Middle East that may push up the price of oil, to save his fellow dictator Bashar Asad, aBut nd to distract attention from his policy failures at home and elsewhere."
Putin’s First Undeserved Victory in Syria – West Caving on Crimea : "Putin clearly went to war in Syria for many reasons: to show his contempt for Barack Obama, to demonstrate that “Russia is back” and can do what it wants, to create a crisis in the Middle East that may push up the price of oil, to save his fellow dictator Bashar Asad, aBut nd to distract attention from his policy failures at home and elsewhere. But as several Russian commentators have pointed out, he also went to war in Syria to force the West to recognize his annexation of Crimea by creating a situation in which he can offer a trade: Russian cooperation with the West’s anti-ISIS effort, however duplicitous he may be about really engaging in that, in exchange for the West’s agreement on Crimea." Only 5 Percent of Russian Airstrikes Targeting IS : In an interview with the Sun newspaper, British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said most of the Russian bombs have instead targeted