Una grande vittoria per Russia e Iran ma non lo direste mai guardando solo i tg occidentali

Bear with me: if the West bet on Russia and Iran turning this into a wide and prolonged bloodfest in which they will be exhausted, softening Iran for a planned fatal blow, it makes a lot of sense for Putin to not swallow the bait, right? And make Syria the West's headache, instead of his? Let the Americans navigate the labyrinth of interests and hostilities in Syria.
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Last week I was convinced this Syria thing was about Russia, and an attempt to put it on a collision course with Israel, as a way to force Trump into war with Russia, as a step on the way to a major attack on Iran.
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Maybe Russia and Iran could have saved Assad at the cost of many thousands of soldiers and billions in equipment and munitions. But wouldn't that compromise their defenses elsewhere, and divert attention from the major strategic assets of the anti-Western alliance?

If this is a game of chess, this whole thing could have been an attempted check, in preparation for a checkmate - a big offensive against Teheran's heart and head.

It may very well be that the decision by Russia and Iran to not walk into the Usraeli trap was a very elegant and wise play.

Iran and Russia did not lose one soldier or any amount of vital assets over this. They are at their full readiness. And now the West has to sort out Syria, explain to the world what it's doing there, and pay for its rehabilitation. Does this sound like such a bad deal?