That's not too far from the truth but for another reason. There's a whole other dynamic going on here.
I believe Putin (a committed Christian) is siding w/ Assad---b/c Assad accepts Christians. The Syrian rebels are Muslims who want to destroy Christianity.
The rebels want Assad out b/c he interferes w/ the Muzzie plan to destroy Christians.
NOTE WELL And when Egyptian Gen al-Sisi defended Egyptian Christians against marauding Muslims.... al-Sisi also got backing from Russia's Putin......and China.....NOT Obama.
At the height of the Egyptian crisis, when vacationing Ohoho called al-Sisi, the general refused to take his call---showing al-Sisi's determination not to let Ohoho interfere in his plan to drive Muslims out of Egyptian politics.
Al-Sisi's got the lay of the land---he and Putin know who's got the ear of our Muslim president.
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