Russia is building military bases in Syria and sharing intelligence with Iraq and Iran. U.S. officials are having conniptions about this, but why? The Russians apparently learned little from their miserable years in Afghanistan and now are heading for a debilitating exercise in futility that might distract them from their efforts to undermine NATO and destabilize parts of Eastern Europe. The lessons of America’s grim misadventure in Vietnam also seem lost on the Russians. Listen to Lyndon Baines Putin at the United Nations General Assembly on September 28: “I believe it is of the utmost importance to…provide comprehensive assistance to …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
