h/t InstapunditIn a press briefing Friday, President Barack Obama said that Russian President Vladimir Putin entered Syria "out of weakness" and called his actions against anti-Assad forces "counterproductive."
Obama echoed the White House narrative that Russia was forced to enter Syria because the Assad regime, a long-time Kremlin client state, is in danger of collapse.
"Mr. Putin had to go into Syria not out of strength but out of weakness because his client Mr. Assad was crumbling and it was insufficient for him simply to send them arms and money. Now he's got to put in his own planes and his own pilots," Obama said.
In an attempt to rebuke the popular notion that Putin is a mastermind who the White House is scrambling to keep up with, Obama reminded the audience that Russia is part of a three-member coalition while the United States leads 60 nations.
And has Gay Marriage. Oh, how millions of oppressed Russians yearn for freedoms like these!