Me thinks the flashpoint in Syria is much worse than we are led to believe. ...................................... Kinda like Spain 1936? We didn’t like Franco, but he did become part of NATO and kept Spain out of WW II except for the Blue Division. (Pay back on a limited scale, but as dependable as Italy if he went full scale.) Maybe Assad is a bad guy, but considering the alternative, maybe he’s a better bad guy? Do we really need a war with Russia? What is there to gain for either side. The Russians are closer to being us as we them. We are both multicultural societies compared to the rest of the world. Trump and Putin at the round table may be the answer. There is more to the drill than what is known. Russia will loose, the devastation alone would weaken it, the borders would be over run by all those countries it shares her southern border with. Russia isn’t looking for a war. Containment of Syria isn’t a reason for super powers to destroy each other.
Containment of Syria isn’t a reason for super powers to destroy each other
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With all due respect, I think you are confusing the America of old with the current rendition of an Obama led America. I simply do not believe that, nearing the end of his term in office, he would respond to any Russian aggression. He is after all, the (unworthy) recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize and does not like the thought of American power. He already thinks we have too much power and influence and has done everything he could to diminish that.
No, I cannot imagine any circumstances under which he would act to defend this country. Can you? I not trying to be argumentative, just pointing out that he is unlikely to confront the Russians. As a case in point, he did nothing about Russian aggression in Crimea. He has done nothing to stop Chinese expansionism and island building in the South China Sea. His “red line” in Syria was meaningless. The Iranians captured American sailors and he did nothing. And those are just a few examples.
Obama believes in weakness, not strength. Putin has nothing to fear.