....and while we have been talking about this, Putin has got on with the job, not pussy-assing around talking about it.....

Also, another 100,000 'refugees' have crossed europe's borders. Those middle-eastern visa agencies do a quick job supplying the masses with valid visas....what? What you saying?..... they don't have visas?....no 90 day reports? lucky b'stards.

It's being reported some of these refugees are fleeing because of the Russian bombing. Bombing towns doesn't help stem the flow of refugees.

It depends on which side of the fence you sit on. If you support Halliburton and its ilk selling death, then it's a negative thing. Putin isn't fooling around and wants to put an end to this foolishness. The Western politicians want this to draw out as long as possible. Peace isn't profitable.

As far as the US is concerned, they don't really want to be involved in this. What's their stake? It's clear for the Russians, Iranians, Turkish, etc. But what's the US's stake? It sure isn't about profiting off the war spending. They are already too far in debt and have zero appetite for another war.

As for Russia, an interesting perspective:

http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/us-russia-gas-pipeline-war-syria-could-destabilise-putin-103505758

As Orenstein explained, “in 2009, Qatar proposed to build a pipeline to send its gas northwest via Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Syria to Turkey… However, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad refused to sign the plan; Russia, which did not want to see its position in European gas markets undermined, put him under intense pressure not to”.

Russia’s Gazprom sells 80 per cent of its gas to Europe. So in 2010, Russia put its weight behind “an alternative Iran-Iraq-Syria pipeline that would pump Iranian gas from the same field out via Syrian ports such as Latakia and under the Mediterranean.” The project would allow Moscow “to control gas imports to Europe from Iran, the Caspian Sea region, and Central Asia.”

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Simple answer to the question. Yes, especially if they cut-off the supply of ISIS oil to Turkey whose current ugly government have been very two faced about defeating these scum.