Russia is building up chips with the Assad family. Why in hell should they risk some negotiated settlement where the ultimate winner might be someone who owes them nothing?
The USSR's intervention in Afghanistan was also designed to prop up an unpopular regime and that effort failed spectacularly. Syria promises to be a better outcome for them.
The USSR's intervention in Afghanistan was also designed to prop up an unpopular regime and that effort failed spectacularly. Syria promises to be a better outcome for them.
