Stuck: Russia talks while Syria burns
"Unacceptable" is a powerful word. However, it appears that Putin and the Russia army has devolved into doing select battles and show no clear path for implementing a vision that sees Syria's territorial integrity stays intact. This is no small observation. As illegal invaders attack and kill its allies' (Syria) soldiers and citizens - with the prime suspects being the U.S, Israel and Turkey - their capacity seems to have hit a brick wall as the attackers seems to be having a field day. The most curious thing to me is that even as Russia's foreign ministers wax poetic and give persuasive arguments on the facts at the UN and to all parties concerned, it appears that (at least) they have not learnt nothing from modern history - as their own country seems to have elected the strategy of 'hanging in there'. While sanctions after sanctions are leveled, their geography has been encircled with belligerent parties, and even their posture appears to be begg...