[lavaroise]

But the Putin crowd here told us Russians would save Christians and would never play games... (Sarc off)

[Trumpinator]

Putin in this case was telling the truth in 2013 about Syria:

"They lie beautifully, of course. I saw debates in Congress. A congressman asks Mr Kerry: 'Is al Qaeda there?' He says: 'No, I am telling you responsibly that it is not'," Putin said at a meeting of his human rights council in the Kremlin.

And now 2 years later our own internal govt assessment agrees with Putin:

Obama administration’s picture of Syrian moderates either dangerous naivete or an outright lie, according to government’s internal assessments

http://www.heraldonline.com/news/article31183583.html