You are correct. The Russkies were already mobilizing 7 airborne divisions to drop in between the Syrians and Israelies, and were going to intervene whether we liked it or not...until Nixon placed all of our forces worldwide on alert. Obama is no Nixon when it comes to foreign affairs, in knowledge and guts. He's more akin to Chamberlain, and the Russians know it. Such weakness begets wars, not the strength and resolve shown by Nixon in '73.
Obama hasn’t been tested yet.