SocaWho wrote:JP wrote:Munrubenmuz wrote:If it was a bomb look out ISIS.
Don't think Russia will be taking a softly softly approach here.
Yeah Putin will go in hard if it really was ISIS.
if it was Obama he would give them a slap on the wrist
Oh god, are you really that simplistic???
Its not a matter of who is "harder".
The issue is that the west is reticent to do anything that strengthens Assad, so they have taken on a policy of containment.
Russia couldn't care less about having a democracy in Syria - Assad is their man. So they are happy to bomb the rebels.
There is plenty you can critique about the approach of the US, but simplistic chest thrusting is the wrong approach to take.