Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) speaks with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani during a signing ceremony after the talks in Tehran, Iran, November 23, 2015. Picture taken November 23, 2015. REUTERS/Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik/Kremlin
Vladimir Putin has made an art of turning weakness into strength. As Russian and Syrian forces pound Aleppo in the biggest assault of Syria’s five-year civil war, the Russian president clearly has emerged as a dominant force in the Middle East. Two years ago Russia had virtually no presence in the region, aside from a naval base in Syria. Today Moscow’s fighter jets and missiles fly over Syrian, Iranian and Iraqi airspace.
Over the last year, Putin has inserted Russia into the Syrian conflict and shored up the regime of President Bashar al-Assad as it was on the verge of collapse. The Russian leader has forged a quasi-military alliance with Iran that has allowed him to project power in the Persian Gulf – something that has evaded Moscow since the end of World War Two.
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WNU editor: Regular readers of this blog know that this blog predicted all of this in the past year .... Why All Roads In The Middle East Now Lead To Moscow (May 8, 2016)
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Putin is a good strategist, but his task is easier facing Obama who knows about strategy as much as I know to cook Maya food.
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