Allowing Russians to run all over Syria was a mistake and a half. A group of Russian journalists got blown up in Syria, and now the Russian media is going nuts over the fact that the rocket that hit them was US – made. According to this logic, the French had to go berserk over the weapons used in the Paris acts of terror being Kalashnikovs.
Then Turkey hit a Russian fighter plane, and now Russians are having a major freak out over that. NATO is holding a special session over that, as if the world had no greater problem than Russian idiocy.
The idea that Russians can do anything in Syria but make trouble and aggravate the situation even further is deeply misguided.