On Monday afternoon, President Barack Obama grudgingly sat down with Vladimir Putin in part to gain a clearer understanding of the Russian leader’s opaque plans for Syria.
Less than 48 hours later, Putin unpleasantly surprised Obama with new clarity: airstrikes that are scrambling the U.S. president’s plans for Syria and escalating the global rivalry between Washington and Moscow.
The timing of the Russian airstrikes was more than a surprise — it seemed designed to insult the U.S. president and to demonstratePutin’s swagger at a moment when world leaders are gathered at the United Nationsreassessing global security.
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Source: European Voice
