This is pretty basic if you keep up with news from Syria. Basically the US razed a bunch of Assad's troops last week claiming it was an accident and now wants to enforce a no fly zone. The US is backed into a corner and Russia refuses to play ball since they know the US is backing ISIS. Putin thinks that if he threatens war Obama will back down (which he has steadily done his entire Presidency). To show he is serious they go back to cold war nuke drills. US resumes bomber flights etc. Its cold war 2.0. US is really fucking up trying to enforce a no fly zone but they are realizing Russia is not going to be diplomatic about keeping their proxy in power and Syrian port.
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