The unexpected Russian military entry into the Syria conflict remains a puzzle, but some observers think they see hints of a scenario concocted by adventurist strategists in Moscow and acquiesced to by a desperate Western coalition stuck in the Syrian quagmire.
The best light that can be put on the Russian intervention is that President Vladimir Putin — perhaps encouraged by the Western decision-making vacuum over Syria and his own troubles following his Ukraine adventure — has decided he has little to lose and potentially much to gain by taking bold action.
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