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Originally Posted by Jim in CT
From Putin's perspective, here are 2 possible outcomes.
(1) we remove or kill Assad, who is a Putin ally.
(2) Assad simply agrees to give up his chemical weapons, and everybody agrees to forget about what happened. In this case, Assad stays right where he is.
Why wouldn't Putin jump at the chance for option #2? There is no better outcome for Putin.
So much for Obama's red line nonsense. We look like idiots.
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In addition, Putin takes over the good guy roll.
It was a win,win proposal for Putin. He comes out as the new leader of the world,
makes the US look like war mongers, protects his ally Assad, and protects his
military base in Syria.
The "red line" talk and the "very small limited attack" plan without the support of our country or the rest of the world made it easy for Putin.