PUTIN VERSES OBAMA

The public position of Vladimir Putin, president of Russia, in respect to Syria is confusing. The Kremlin denies claims that it has a special relationship with the al Assad government but the evidence unequivocally suggests Putin is supplying arms to Syria. The influence of Muslims in Russia is significance (14% of population) but they seem more concerned with their standing with the government that with helping the Syrian regime or concern about the “Arab Spring”. The Russian government considers, or at least judging from the fact they are outlawed in Russia, consider the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization while at the same time they also claim to have allied themselves with foreign branches of that organization. In addition, the claim that their naval base is justification for their defense of Syria seems false when the Deputy Russian Foreign Minister confirmed that the small naval station at Tartus, Syria as been evacuated. They claim they do not have one single person stationed in Syria.

All of this begs the question, what is Vladimir Putin doing? What game is he playing.  The only logical idea I can come up with is that the fellow with the mentality of a St. Petersburg street punk and KGB training is that he wants a fight. As often happens in bar rooms, arguments fueled by a little liquor develop; the smallest guy in the crowd will pick on the biggest guy in the crowd to show how tough he is. The message to Putin is simple; grow up! You are on the world’s stage acting like a clown to draw attention too your self, standing up to President Obama can only be for domestic political consumption. Obama is stronger, smarter, and more sophisticated than you are. The danger is that he has the Russian arsenal at his disposal; it would be like giving a punk the right to carry firearms into bars in Texas or making the U.S. Arsenal available to John McCain or Ted Cruz.    

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