Those S-300 units are big. There’s no hiding them under a camel tent. Not to mention they need service trucks so the whole clusterflock makes a really neat target when placed in a country smaller than, oh, say, Russia. And they are defenseless when they are moving. Yup. Go ahead pootin. Send them south so we can tell where the targets are.
Two points:
1. If one deliberately wanted to light off the Middle East powder keg, there probably isn’t a better way than what Putin is doing.
2. Putin is not a fool.
Just saying...