Thanks to Obama and his jester, Kerry, the Russians waltzed right into Syria over a weekend and ensured that Obama's goals would never happen. That doesn't mean Putin is some kind of hero attacking ISIS. He is attacking anybody opposing Assad.
If we want to effectively oppose Putin we need to think about what puts the most pressure on him. The easiest way is messing with the European petroleum market, so maybe an oil man as Sec of State is a good idea.
Putin is a killer, a murderer, and not our friend.
Putin warned us against 1) invading Iraq; 2) destablizing Libya; 3) trying to take out Assad. He was right on all three, and if we had listened everybody would be better off and the middle east wouldn’t be on fire.
He may not be a “friend,” but Putin has given us good advice, friendly advice that we should have followed.
This is about moving our oil hegemony alliances away from murdering Islam and back to Christian caucasian westerners, because fracking. Thank the Lord.