Putin displays his contempt for Obama. Russia orders the US not to fly in Syria. Asked for comment, Obama said from under his desk, "Mommy!"

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On Wednesday, Russia demanded that the United States refrain from military operations in Syria while they pursued attacks against ISIS. Or rather, supposed attacks against ISIS, given that Russia promptly began bombing non-ISIS targets on behalf of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. According to Jennifer Griffin and Lucas Tomlinson of Fox News, “Activists and a rebel commander on the ground said the Russian airstrikes have mostly hit moderate rebel positions and civilians.” Russia’s parliament went further, granting Putin the ability to deploy forces in Syria, without any duration attached. Russia’s action guarantees that Assad will remain at the head of the Syrian government for the foreseeable future, just one day after President Barack Obama announced that Assad needed to go.

Thus far, the Obama administration’s response has been Benny Hill-theme-music-level comical. On Wednesday, NATO’s top commander, General Philip M. Breedlove, explained, “As we see the very capable air defense [systems] beginning to show up in Syria, we’re a little worried about another A2/AD bubble being created in the eastern Mediterranean….High on Mr. Putin’s list in Syria is preserving the regime against those that are putting pressure on the regime and against those that they see who might be supporting those putting pressure on the regime.” How awkward.

Then, Secretary of State John Kerry tried to play Putin’s aggression as an “opportunity,” explaining that the U.S. welcomed “genuine efforts” to fight ISIS. He added, lamely, “We must not be confused in our fight against ISIL with support for Assad.” He concluded that Assad still had to go, but gradually, because otherwise there would be an “implosion” in terms of the Syrian power structure.

Finally, White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest warned Putin that “Russia will not succeed in imposing a military solution any more than the United States was successful in imposing a military solution in Iraq a decade ago, and certainly any more than Russia was able to impose a military solution in Afghanistan three decades ago.” This, of course, ignores the somewhat inconvenient fact that the United States did win the war in Iraq, and that somewhat more inconvenient fact that the U.S. removed a dictator while Putin fights to preserve one. But blaming Bush always comes first for the Obama administration.

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