^Yeah. It’s just a Syria thing. The US,and Russia have had different agendas in regards to Syria since the beginning of the conflict. It would be wise for both to communicate while sharing a war zone, but communication has been shaky at best from the start. Both sides have been reluctant to tell the other about missions for fear of the information leeking into the ear of the targets. Both sides are muddying the water further.
It’s likely that the little bit of communication, and cooperation that did exist between Washington, and Moscow on this issue was over exaggerated. The only reason there was even an attempt to communicate was to try and avert our two militaries from accidentally bumping into one another. Starting WWIII over an incident in Syria would be bad.
However, both sides were never going to heed the other’s advice. Both have a different dog in this race. So ,may as well dispense with the friendly appearances.
Syria is a cluster fuck. There are way too many hands in the cookie jar there. All grabbing at different cookies. The result is the cookies will get turned to dust as the hands recklessly shuffle for gain. Once the cookies are a pile of cookie dust, most hands will be removed, leaving something nobody wants. That shell of a nation will be what’s left for those civilians who somehow survived the war.
The shit storm has no end in sight. Rebels, Assad backers, Kurds, ISIS , and other fractured groups will be fighting over the rubble for a long time, while Russia, and the US stir the shit.
Putin seems to have the most to gain if the conflict festers further. The massive flow of refugees into Europe will further destabilize the countries that Putin might see a Russian flag flying over in the near future.
Don’t worry. The US and Russia will not be going to war. Not over Syria anyway.
There won’t be a cataclysmic nuclear exchange. The world will die much slower ,and painfully.
But at least we can watch the calamity on CNN.