Putin has been silenced by the Kremlin Hardliners; Shoigu and the Generals are now running the show

Putin has been put on the timeout chair for kissing too much Israeli-ass. Word is the Russian General Staff and average soldiers are sick of Putin valuing Israelis over the lives of the Russian soldiers. This is why Putin's efforts to gloss-over the Israeli F-16 provocation leading to the deaths of 15 Russian special forces have failed and S-300s are now in Syria.

From the start, the Russian Ministry of Defence has consistently blamed the Zionazi pseudos-state calling itself "Israel" for the attack. The MoD did not at any time endorse the Putinite line of a "tragic accident"; it was the MoD that greeted the Zionazi "delegates" (war criminals) on their Hasbaraganda mission with "great tenseness and hostility." And it was Defense Minister Shoigu who announced the steps to be taken against the Zionazis. It is Defense Minister Shoigu who is now in charge of Russian policy in Syria.

Further corroboration for the fact that the Kremlin hardliners have had enough of Putin's generosity and love-affair with Netanyahoo, can be seen in the fact that the ruling (Putin's) party, United Russia, suffered humiliating defeats in governors' elections. A majority of the incumbents were voted out, and representatives of strongly anti-Western coalition of Nationalists conquered three important districts.

The time for playing nice with the Anglo-ZioNazis has come to and end, as far as Russians are concerned. Now it is time for Americans to ask themselves this question: is there any vital AMERICAN (not Israeli, not Saudi, not anyone else) national security interest in the Middle East worth the life of a single U.S. Marine?