'All of which means that Putin is now largely at the mercy of a highly ideological regime with an agenda that not only does Putin not share (the destruction of Israel), but which he actually opposes.
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The other big story involving Russia in Syria relates to the devastating American response to an attack mounted on a base of US-supported fighters where some American advisers were located. The US responded with extreme–and I mean extreme–violence. In response to a battalion-sized attack, they threw just about everything in the arsenal at the assault–artillery, F-15Es, MQ-9 drones, AH-64 Apaches, B-52s(!), and AC-130s.'
- Streetwise Professor,
Putin’s Rock-and-a-Hard-Place Situation in Syria, February 16, 2018
Context'If you threaten us .. your longest, and your worst, day.''Israel Strikes Iran in Syria..'Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate