Is Assad Putin's punk? Is Russia using him to start a fight?

Back in the old days, a punk was a little guy who would mouth off to a big guy and get himself hit, in order to give someone else an excuse to fight. Are Assad's actions a convenient way to cause the US to take an action that will give Putin an excuse to strike? This all seems choreographed to me.

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SW-User

Yeah, Putin is bored! i don't think he'd go to a full scale war but certainly smack the hand of the USA for being cheeky. The only one who could offer any resistance to Russia would be China. Give it 10, 20 yrs maybe India?

puck61

@SW-User China is militarily muscle bound. They have the most power, but they can't take it anywhere very quickly. China is the land of ghost cities, bullet trains, and wooden plows, and they will avoid the discomfort of war wisely.

SW-User

@puck61 Maybe you are right, so much is known, but yet there is so much unknown. One thing that is known, is that both Russia and China's nuclear programmes are way ahead of the Wests.

puck61

@SW-User Yes, but the aliens like us more, so they gave us evaporator rays, and illudium Q-36!

SW-User

@puck61 Guessing you don't mean the illegal ones from beyond the wall?

puck61

@SW-User Nah, perhaps at this point we should consider taking them all in and conscripting them!

SW-User

@puck61 maybe.