What does Putin’s stance on homosexuality have to do with Syria? Nothing at all.
I could care less where he stands on that issue or any other issue he determines for his country. My concerns are the man can play to any who give him a ‘foothold’...just as he’s playing this administration now...who not only left the door open but ushered him in by their incompetence and stupidity.
Putin has stated nothing in his op-ed we were not already aware of ... this op-ed was propaganda used on the American people...and that’s all it is.
Nobody “ushered him in” - he was already there. Russia’s only Mediterranean port is in Syria, and they have a substantial investment in their naval base there. The MB overthrowing Assad would be a direct threat to that. Anybody who imagined we’d be able to just go in and eliminate Assad and Putin would just sit back and watch is a fool.