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Originally Posted by Vulcan
Yeah it sounds promising to me as well. I just see the Russians as possibly upsetting the applecart. It's going to be interesting to watch the situation unfold. The West could be going in with all guns blazing with righteous anger. Putin could be put in a tight place where he needs to back out or the war escalates.
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Like it or not, Russians being there could be a good thing for Syria.
As long as they're there, it's obvious the rebels can't win, so they'll be more inclined to negotiate. Russians can pretty much tell Assad to negotiate too if they want to.
Russia then establishes permanent bases in Syria to "secure the peace" and pretty much wins in a landslide.
(At which point the US would probably back some group that wants to keep on fighting, because sadly that's what the losing superpower usually does.)