{"id":26455,"date":"2015-09-08T16:02:36","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T20:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26455"},"modified":"2015-09-08T16:02:40","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T20:02:40","slug":"russia-and-syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26455","title":{"rendered":"Russia And Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Business Insider<\/a> posted an article about the meddling of Russia<\/a> and Iran<\/a> in Syria<\/a>. Both nations would like to see\u00a0President Bashar Assad<\/a> stay in power. The situation in Syria is getting very complicated. Assad is losing ground, and Russia is about to come to his aid.<\/p>\n

The article posted a map showing the current situation:<\/p>\n

\"syria\"<\/p>\n

This is not acceptable to either Russia or Iran.<\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

“Clearly Putin<\/a>‘s not particularly bothered by continuing to frustrate the United States<\/a>,” Bremmer ( Ian Bremmer<\/a>, the president of Eurasia Group) said. “And the Europeans aren’t going to punish him for military engagement in Syria \u2014 they’re more interested in coming to terms with Assad just as they’re more prepared to see a frozen conflict<\/a> in Ukraine<\/a> (see Hollande’s comments<\/a>on his hopes to end sanctions).”<\/strong><\/p>\n

The fallout of all of this, according to Bremmer, will be more chaos \u2014 and more refugees headed to Europe<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“As the West presses ISIS while Russia provides direct support for Assad, the Syrians are caught in the middle,” Bremmer said. “Anyone that can find a way out will. And the Syrian refugee crisis in Europe, four years in the making, is guaranteed to expand for a fifth.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

When America has a weak President, bad things happen. President Obama’s line in the sand has long since been washed away by the incoming tide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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