Romney had it right four years ago, but he was roundly mocked by the greatest intellectual President in the history of the universe and the MSM, oh, and HiLiary Clinton for his view. Unfortunately, Vlad saw things differently and bent B. O. over and gave him a Ukraine porking. Seeing how feckless B. O. is, he saw there was no time like the present to expand his influence in the M. E. and is backing Assad to the hilt. While we're supporting the "rebels" which is an odd assortment of fruits and nuts, many of whom would like to put the entire West to the sword. That's what "leading from behind", doing empty ghetto threats daring your foe to cross a "red line in the sand", and fleeing from an unstable region will get you. It's a shi t show of the first order.