Maybe not. But it looks here like he's at least listening to one of the brighter bulbs which is more than we can say for our own SmartestManInTheRoomâ„¢.
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| Syria-Lebanon-Iran |
| Ralph Peters: Putin Now Realizes Iran a Serious Threat |
| 2016-03-17 |
| [NYP] Russian President Vladimir Putin surprised the world by announcing on Monday that most of his troops would leave Syria. Military analysts were flummoxed. I, for one, had expected all of the forces backing the regime of Bashar al-Assad to catch their collective breath, then resume the offensive. What happened? In retrospect, it looks obvious: Putin finally met the Middle East. And unlike President Obama, the Russian czar faced reality. Allowing that Putin could re-engage in the future, and that his forces accomplished their primary goal of propping up the regime and giving it breathing space, the announcement still came as a cold-water shock to all -- except the Iranians. Initial Western reactions have stressed the recalcitrance of Assad, who has refused to consider stepping aside. Instead, Assad’s latest pronouncements have been defiant bordering on megalomania. Putin had every reason to be fed up. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 Putin's not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree. Maybe not. But it looks here like he's at least listening to one of the brighter bulbs which is more than we can say for our own SmartestManInTheRoomâ„¢. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-03-17 19:00 |
| #4 Pappy: Make Ye No Truce With Adam-Zad, the bear that walks like a man. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2016-03-17 18:24 |
| #3 [G]ratitude isn’t in the Middle East’s repertoire Something that should be carved into the walls of Langley, Foggy Bottom, the Puzzle Palace and Congress. And Arlington. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-03-17 18:21 |
| #2 And Iran has no interest in playing junior partner to anyone — least of all a traditional Christian enemy. Putin's not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree. He's resentful, cunning and full of raw aggression. So he directs his energies against the West, which brought about the breakup of the Soviet empire rather than than Russia's real enemies, China and Iran, both of which have designs on Russian territory - not to encourage independence movements on Russian soil, but to actually annex Russian territory previously taken at swordpoint from the Chinese and Persian empires. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2016-03-17 15:15 |
| #1 Listen to me Vlad, this is what these bastids are up to. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-03-17 04:14 |