Yes. We “the North” belong to another civilization and we cannot understand the specific mentality of Arabs. It is not just Obama’s mistake, it is our inability to grasp the traditional mode of rule in the East.

Russia is dealing with a legitimate Assad government, and not with gangs or armies of rebels or terrorists, even if the country’s in civil war. Russia would therefore assist the government and not the insurgents or terrorists. America helped South Korean and in South Vietnamese governments, and not North Koreans or…