Right now no one could know where the Russian intervention in Syria might end. Entering a war is often easy and getting out always difficult.
However, if history provides any indication, the kind of intervention we now witness in Syria has seldom achieved its stated objectives.
If the mood music from Moscow is to be trusted, the Russian objective is to prevent the fall of the beleaguered President Bashar Al-Assad. Regardless of whether or not that objective is achievable, Assad would do well not to bank on such speculations.
The reason is simple. Russia is not embarking on so perilous an …read more
Source: ASHARQ AL-AWSAT
