Threats from Putin only serve to strengthen Obama's position that Russia is well / almost totally now out of step with history aligning itself with archaic regimes with despicable policies as regards women and the treatment of minorities.
Putin's lack of real leadership technique portrays his giving in to pressures from an archaic branch of former Russian establishment seeking to gain power by force and fear rather than credibility and care.
Such Russian tactics make Russia seem to be a very backward looking society bent on self destruction!
The Syrian leadership with its totalitarian like parading and symbolism is an anachronism! The people of Syria that are considered rebels are really progressives seeking to move the country out of the morass of the social and moral dark ages.
Neither Putin nor Syria will survive the outright stupidity of their present positioning. The world is not moving in the direction that they wish to go, nor will it ever again.
