Is Putin planning to send 150,000 troops to Syria?

According to a report in the Daily Express, Vladimir Putin is planning to send 150,000 troops to Syria to remove ISIS from their self-declared capital in Raqqa. One source said "It is very clear that Russia wants to sweep up the west of the country, taking Raqqa and all the oil and gas resources around Palmyra. This is fast becoming a race to Raqqa--to secure the oil fields they need to cleanse the region of insurgents, and the IS capital is vital to do that."

The day prior to this revelation, Russian airstrikes destroyed nine ISIS outposts with their bunker-busting bombs. They blew up a command center and likely killed scores of scumcrumpets.

Russian army official, Andrei Kartapolov promised to ramp up the pressure on ISIS and said "We will not only continue strikes . . . We will also increase their intensity."

Igor Konashenkov of the Russian Defense Ministry said "Over the past 24 hours, Sukhoi Su-34 and Su-24M fighter jets have performed 20 sorties and hit nine Islamic State installation."

This is Obama's definition of weakness.

In spite of the history of the Daily Express having been on the wrong side of accuracy, we should have no doubts about Russia's desire to control the world's oil reserves, and this is a step in the right direction to do just that. 

While it would be an arduous task to get 150,000 troops to Syria to fight, know that Putin will likely get Russia deeply involved in becoming the go-to guy in the Middle East, while Obama plays golf and twiddles his thumbs. 

Even Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has met with Putin because Obama, at the end of the day, is clearly throwing Israel under the tank.

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