You sound like Barack Obama-the 1980s called they want their fioreign policy back. But here we are imposing harsh economic sanctions on Russia and threatening open warfare against them and waging asymetrical fourth generation/proxy warfare against them iall because Putin is waging war to grow Russian influence in ways that threaten Western capitalist interests. Seems like the only people that think the cold war is over is us. me excluded of course.
Putin is a problem but at some point he will be gone. The greatest threat the West (Russia included) faces is Islam. Islam has been at war with the west for 1200 years and has been mostly winning. Right now Islam is massing its’ forces for a major offensive to take out western Europe. Unless Western Europe fights the invasion currently occurring Western Europe will be in the hands of Islamics’ in 20, 30 years. Also remember France has lots of nukes. The UK has quite a few too. Islam armed with nukes is a far greater threat to the USA then Russia.
So when do you leave to go kill some Russians? It’s easy to command shit around in front of your PC
In other words, a simple zero sum game where one national society (and their allies) defeats another in order to enjoy the spoils of economic control.
In order for the mass of liberal freaks in the USA to continue their respite in la-la land, the reserve currency must preserved at all cost. The fact that some don't understand this dynamic shouldn't cause despair, but rather pleasure in the information advantage.
So, yes, losing Syria will be recorded as a major strategic loss for the USA. We've got to somehow defeat the Russians in a limited battle of technology, otherwise the next target is a Shia led insurgency in SA.
If we can't limit a conflict with Russia, or we cannot defeat them in a technological contest, then it's lights out for the USA. No petro-dollar, no printing; no printing, no social spending; no social spending, Katie bar the door.