Alternatively, maybe I’m a vet of the Russian threads on FR, and familiar with the paleo/paultard/peacenik/putinista axis. And the Borscht Brigade who knows how to press their button.
And you do your job very well.
Recognizing common interest and being a cheerleader are very different things. We as a nation have absolutely zero interests served by the removal of Assad. Isis establishing a state there would be far worse than an Assad regime and put Israel at great risk. If you deny the above you are ignorant of the situation or a liar. All that said Russia is not our friend and I don’t think Putin is any kind of hero to any of us.