This is actually #1. Obama and Hillary have been provoking Russia since practically the first day of the Obama administration. Syria has the last remaining Russian base on foreign soil. And by coincidence, Obama wants to overthrow the country.
I would tend toward calling “BS”. What is left that they want?
We are hollowed out completely, financially, and limp militarily.
But, we serve as a useful tool for the security of the world as long as we can borrow from China to stay air born.
Russia just wants to pick our enemies and point to our targets.
They should love Obama, actually.
He built a country off of oil prices, so war is what happens when a country fails economically to protect the leadership.
And don't forget that Barky & Cankels have been willing to send arms, supplies, and $$ to "rebels" that just happened to be Al-Queda and later ISIS (or as Barky would say, ISIL, since that also includes Israel in the caliphate.)
Mark