Krauthammer: Putin ‘Hungers to Recover Great Power Status’

RUSH EXCERPT:

KRAUTHAMMER: "When we did the tomahawk strike on the airbase, the Russians said we are ending cooperation appeared we are going to have a free-for-all in the skies. Didn't happen. The cooperation continued. Nonetheless I think we're headed into a much more dangerous. Back, the reason is that the ISIS phase of the Syrian civil war is going to end soon. ISIS is going to be dealt with. They are losing muscle, they are surrounded in raqqa. If and when that happens, could be within six months or year, what is left on the ground is Iran, Russia, Hezbollah, Assad and the Saudis, Egyptians, Jordanians, rebels on the ground and us on the other side. There is no third-party who can get together. It's us and them. The Iranians and Russians are looking at a prize, winning Syria, keeping Syria. The Russians being the dominant power in the region. Putin hungers to recover great power status. I think he's willing to risk more than we think. Not now. It's early. You knocking to go shooting down airplanes but with ISIS illuminated it's going to be even more dangerous."