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Yes and no. by WITTGENSTEIN 10/09/2015, 7:49am PDT
Syria is the only Russian-friendly place in the entire Mediterranean. If it ever looked like Russia might lose Tartus, then their involvement was inevitable. Next to the Crimean peninsula I can't think of a single more important place to them outside of Russian territory. You'd see the same thing happen if there were civil war in Poland, Russian involvement to protect Kaliningrad.

The whole "He just made us look weak" thing though -- who fucking cares. It makes Turkey nervous and it's possible they could provoke an incident but they can't do shit and they're already ass-deep in low-intensity warfare with Ukraine. Christ, four of their cruise missiles fell out of the sky in Iran.

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Do Americans care about Putin making Obama look like a chump in Syria? by Oom Shnibble 10/08/2015, 9:30pm PDT NEW
    I don't think most Americans think about foreign policy very much. by blackwater 10/09/2015, 1:02am PDT NEW
    Black man don't catch no shade by Vested Id 10/09/2015, 2:14am PDT NEW
        Re: Black man don't catch no shade by Oom Shnibble 10/09/2015, 11:54am PDT NEW
    Yes and no. by WITTGENSTEIN 10/09/2015, 7:49am PDT NEW
    Re: Do Americans care about Putin making Obama look like a chump in Syria? by Ice Cream Jonsey 10/09/2015, 1:58pm PDT NEW
 
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