[SunkenCiv]

"And I don't think they want to be stuck there. I think their frenetic diplomatic activity in Europe indicates that they'd like to find somebody else, for example, to bear the cost of reconstructing Syria - which they may or may not succeed in doing."

Best part of a muzzie civil war? Everybody wins. Thanks CondoleezzaProtege.

[sockmonkey]

*** And I don’t think they want to be stuck there. I think their frenetic diplomatic activity in Europe indicates that they’d like to find somebody else, for example, to bear the cost of reconstructing Syria - which they may or may not succeed in doing.”***

Putin & Merkel have been in talks about the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davekeating/2018/08/21/despite-trumps-threats-nord-stream-2-is-very-much-still-on/