along with the iranians, to it move the ball does the political solution have more problems. i don t think they are stuck. what they did do immediately and quickly was to arrest what looked like a pretty possible, perhaps a probable collapse of the regime. so that has stopped. it s arrested, and now they are pushing back, taking more territory. the big beneficiary, of course, is isis since the russians are attacking the non-isis forces. so isis has occupied areas north of aleppo. but this idea about chucking assad, they don t need assad the person the russians will sacrifice him if they establish another strong man from his clan it will be advantageous for the russians not to have the albatross of assad s crimes but to have a secured mini state which is what they are trying to construct. is this the camel nose
get the military motion along with the iranians, to it move the ball does the political solution have more problems. i don t think they are stuck. what they did do immediately and quickly was to arrest what looked like a pretty possible, perhaps a probable collapse of the regime. so that has stopped. it s arrested, and now they are pushing back, taking more territory. the big beneficiary, of course, is isis since the russians are attacking the non-isis forces. so isis has occupied areas north of aleppo. but this idea about chucking assad, they don t need assad the person the russians will sacrifice him if they establish another strong man from his clan it will be advantageous for the russians not to have the albatross of assad s crimes but to have a secured mini state which is what they are trying to construct.