a subtle change that watso has not really picked up on.
anyway watso often watches the cec report on channel 44 (west australia) and they often comment on foreign events ... and their thoughts are often at odds with the mainstream narrative. for the recent elections - watso gave his first preference vote (for the senate) to the cec candidate . anyway looks like bloomberg have totally agreed with watso - but have included egypt as coming under the influence of putin - watso had that in the back of his mind , but could not be bothered to double check..
The agreement gives the Kremlin undisputed leadership in shaping Syria’s future, bolstering Putin’s image in the Middle East, where he’s already forged a partnership with Iran, created an oil alliance with Saudi Arabia and built close ties with Egypt’s strongman President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi. Putin has also wooed Erdogan, who defied U.S. opposition to buy Russia’s advanced S-400 air-defense system, and they have coordinated efforts to try to resolve the Syrian war despite tensions over the Kurds. Putin traveled to the U.A.E. from Saudi Arabia, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-15/putin-s-syria-gambit-delivers-again-as-trump-sidelines-u-s
anyway america simply never had any right to be in syria at all. the russians were invited in - and that is a quantum difference
