If it is about Syria, it is about Russia... [View all]
As we know, Barack Obama and Vlad Putin are not on the best of terms.
It started before Edward Snowden's journey to Russia, and the Ukraine civil war has done nothing to help the relations.
Syria and it's leader, Assad, has been an ally of Russia for a very long time. A year ago, the US was threatening to bomb Syria and Russia negotiated an agreement to destroy Syrian chemical weapons, which turned down the heat a little on the tension.
Now, we have ISIS rebels traveling back and forth across the borders of Syria and Iraq creating turmoil and violence in the weak and divided provinces of Iraq. They are a threat to all the neighboring countries in the region.
We should not assume that Syria and Russian have nothing to do with the ISIS rebels. The US is threatening Syria with surveillance drones and possible attacks on rebel sites in Syria. Syria says it would be a breach of international law. Meanwhile, Russian continues to build up it forces on the Ukraine eastern border.
Perhaps we should look at the events in Iraq and Syria from a big picture perspective?
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