Well, I should say, I AM afraid of going to war with them now, over this cause (No Fly). It’s stupid and fool-hardy and will get a lot of us killed.
What I mean to say, is that eventually, we’ll have to confront Iran, and Iran’s allies might well be Russia and China. We should not fear THAT, but only fight when/if it is advantageous for us to do so.
Our enemy is Iran and Islam. Any nation that stands with them are wrong—still, we cannot let our disagreements with Iran to be unfixed due to the Russians.
Now Syria, no way, no how. Assad keeps the peace. Witness Iraq and Libya without their vicious dictators. Worse now than then.