Must check out this excellent analysis on Syria

 

The Jihadist take-over of Syria is first and foremost a tragedy for the people of Syria who might be in for the fate of Libya. 

But for Russia this is an entirely different thing. Unlike Washington, Moscow does not try to over-extend and fight for 20 years for a lost cause. 

Rather, it lets its enemies plant the seeds of their own future defeat. 

If one thing is clear by now, it's that Al-Qaeda-run governments always come back to hunt the USA. 

The guest is Graham Fuller, a former CIA intelligence officer and geo-strategist.