Seems to me that Russia is killing the bad guys.
Putin wants Assad to stay in business, because he wants to protect his natural gas resources. Assad does not want the pipeline going across Syria to the Med.
We want the pipeline. Go figure.
“Assad does not want the pipeline going across Syria to the Med.
We want the pipeline. Go figure.”
The Saudi’s are desperate for that pipeline before Iran gets its nukes. Saudi Arabia and Iran are fighting a proxy war and Saudi Arabia is losing. The Saudi’s hated Assad and wanted to replace him with a friendly regime. They financed the civil war, then they lost control of their faction.
Incidentally, Israel has offered to host the pipeline for SA but that would be a tacit admission that Israel exists and it would probably spell the end of the current Saudi regime.
The current SA regime seems barbaric to us, but I guarantee whatever replaces it will make the royals seem like choir boys.
If SA had the guts, they would go toe to toe with Iran. But with Obama backing Iran even if they could win they won’t be allowed to. Once Obama is out of power SA should go for Iran’s throat. I don’t think they will, though. Despite the equipment there is no will to fight to the death for the very unpopular royals.
And that's exactly why Obama is upset.