Originally Posted by
Baiyn
Sounds about right. The Cold War never ended the objectives of either side (which were crap originally anyway) just eroded away and all the military muscle-flexing is simply for its own sake at this point.
I'm not sure how long the Russian military would genuinely stand fast against a sanctioned UN intervention. Whatever happens though, I hope in this situation, the mistake made by Western forces in Afghanistan in the 80s, backing a group like the Mujahideen, will not be made again in Syria.