It is often easy to get fixated on current happenings in such a way that we lose focus of not only past happenings but the greater happening at play...
>Obama talks of war with Syria amidst a Syrian rebellion and claims of Syria's Government using nerve gas on civilians
>Many do not want war, some are skeptical about claims that the Syrian Government used nerve gas, and others have suggested that the Syrian Rebels are U.S. founded, backed or both.
>Many in the international community (particularly Russia) are tired of U.S. campaigns and general involvement in the middle east.
>Obama threatens to invade Syria, the U.S. is on the verge of a new war.
>Putin sick of Obama's shit basically says "yo nigga ya touch Assad's boipussy imma get up in ya juicy wit muh dick"
>The U.S. and Russia are now on the verge of war
>Obama backs down
sometime later...
>Euromaidan protests in Ukraine quickly turn violent throwing the whole country into revolution, a revolution which could lead to Ukraine becoming part of the E.U. and abandoning much of its relations and history with Russia
>There are rumors of U.S. involvement prior to the revolution, some claim to have even seen Black Water mercenaries present when the protests became violent.
>Russia is faced with losing a buffer nation and warm water ports among other resources
>Putin backs pro-Russian Ukrainian rebels
>Russia is thrown into a diplomatic shitstorm and has become more or less tied down with the Ukrainian situation.
even later...
>A new radical islamic group emerges in the middle east under the name: ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)
>ISIS is said to have rose to power during the Syrian civil war
>There are rumors of ISIS being U.S. founded, backed or both.
>ISIS quickly becomes all the rage with much success in Iraq
>ISIS beheads a American journos
>Obama announces "America will lead a broad coalition to roll back this terrorist threat". and threatens to attack Syria once again.
Well played wasn't it?