Russian victory in Syria
How did the Russians win the war in two years when the United States had fumbled unsuccessfully with the issue since 2011? By being cold-blooded realists, deciding which was the lesser evil, and then single-mindedly focusing on a military victory.
LONDON, U.K.—Two years ago this month, the Russian air force was sent in to save the tottering Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad from collapse. The air was thick with Western predictions that Moscow had made a dreadful mistake.
“These [Russian] military actions constitute a further escalation an...
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