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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule
This may be so. Its a huge quagmire and letting Russia get stuck in it might not be a bad thing.
The problem is how far is Putin willing to push to re-establish Russian power. Everything he has done has been incremental international cat and mouse games.
Add in Shiite and Sunni factionalism and explosive reactions can happen
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The situation has been a dumpster fire for awhile. We did nothing to stop the sunni and shia from coming to blows in iraq, we did nothing to stop Turkey from bombing the kurds, now Putin is bombing Syrian rebels we support. And the funny thing to me about that is, technically the Russians are there legally being invited by the current sovereign government, and we are not legally invited there.
Guess blaming Bush for this whole mess, even though he left office several years ago, is easier than trying to make hard decisions in the middle east. And no, I'm not talking about just more military force.
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