Yet another brilliant chess move by Putin. Make a final peace offering and watch the weasel retreat. Then Assad goes back to kicking al Qaeda’s butt and you can watch Obummer in a powerless position. Israel will no longer trust him. Nevertheless the retreat is preferable since it would have only led to WWIII.
Looking for the silver lining, I suppose I could say that at least the entire exercise is opening eyes towards all the career traitors in DC.