The only thing Putin is accomplishing is giving the neo-cons in the USA a new excuse to start another war ...
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/audio...putin-and-iran
Jeffrey Stacey on Russia, Putin, and Iran
Putin will be in Syria next spring stuck in the Syrian sand just like the Americans are still fucking with Iraq and Afghanistan. Iraq? We left but we may have to go back ... 2017 is shaping up to be a long and bad year ...