I’m not rah-rah’ing for Putin, but he did step in and derailed obama fumbling about in Syria. I don’t have to like Putin to respect him on that one. IMO, he stopped obama from sending our troops into Syria (because that was where it was going).
That is what’s great about the internet. Within days there was video basically proving that the “Free Syrian Army” either purposely chemmed locals, accidentally had one go off, or both. The only question is where it came from.