Russians Think Obama Will Bail on Syria -- Jonathan S. Tobin, The Commentary
American cable news stations devoted a lot of airtime today to Senator John McCain’s surprising visit to Syria where he met with the leader of a moderate rebel faction. The trip was supposed to focus attention on the effort to influence the West to aid the rebels, or at least those rebel factions that are not tainted by association with Al Qaeda terrorists. But while McCain restarted the conversation about the need for the U.S. to stop pretending it can ignore the crisis in that war torn country, his venture was actually overshadowed by the Russian announcement that it would persist in its determination to sell air defense missiles to the embattled Assad government.
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My Comment: My nationality is Russian, so I do to understand what Russian pundits and commentators are saying. Bottom line .... Russians do not believe that the U.S. has the will or motivation to get entangled into another Middle Eastern War .... especially in a civil war like Syria's. What Russians are mainly concerned about is the U.S. giving the green light to it's Middle Eastern and European allies to arm the rebels .... which is where we are now going. Russia also does not want to get caught up in a quagmire like Syria .... but of the two powers it is the Russians (not the Americans) who are now finding themselves committed to a losing cause in Syria .... a situation that can only get worse with time.
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