Well, Obama has done nothing good for the US Military, but they are still the best trained and best disciplined on the planet, and they have a large percentage of Honorable Men in their ranks, overall there are none finer.
Overall weaponry is very good and plentiful but not invincible.
But that does not mean the Russians haven't got $hit or haven't uptrained, modernized or haven't innovated some very lethal new stuff? They have, and part of this Syria support is field testing this stuff without giving away everything it will do.
The only way to really find out is to engage.
Time to put up or shut up.
And after 2 1/2 years, they still only control a small portion of what was Syria.
And they've blown through their small stock of smart weapons and have to use older unguided munitions.