(October 12, 2016 at 1:49 pm)Rhythm Wrote: It seems, imo(obvs) that "eliminating extremists" was and is pretext for russia propping up an ally in order to maintain their favorable arrangements.
Of course that's the case. I'm not arguing that killing extremists is the actual reason for Russia's involvement; indeed, as I said earlier, it's so they can maintain a naval and aerial presence in the region.
I'm just saying that so long as they're the ones with bloody hands, and so long as they're killing some extremists along the way (and they are), I think our best interests are served by staying out of the fray.
