Putin Draws Down In Syria, Not Much To Be Gained For Russia From The War Beteen Shia And Sunni Islamists

There are things Putin has done that are wrong, but one thing that can be said about him is that he is pragmatic. Maybe, besides the drain on the Russian economy and unwillingness to eagerly squander billions or trillions of dollars like his American counterparts, Putin realized that the war in Syria is now a proxy war between Shia and Sunni Islamists, and nothing is to be gained from deepening involvement in that quagmire. Yes, ISIS must be stopped, because they are kidnapping, raping, enslaving minority religion children and women, along with torturing and murdering. But Islamists, whether Sunni or Shia, deserve no support because no matter how much they fight each other, they share this in common- their pathological love for war and killing, their death cult that rejects life and glorifies death because they share a childish belief that once they die they will live eternally in some kind of hedonistic paradise, their eagerness to resolve conflicts by war and violence, their worship and glorification of violent jihad, their pathological hatred for Jews, their sometimes opportunistic acceptance of some minority religions but complete intolerance and suppression of others, their willingness to violently crush dissent. Violent Islamist jihadists are bigoted, intolerant, hate filled cultists. Unfortunately, they are in control of nations, territories, oil, wealth and power. A weak west so eager to not offend seems incapable of responding and properly drawing a distinction between opposing these demented Islamists and not offending Muslims. Moderate Muslims have suffered enormously from the demented Islamists that endlessly beat the drums of war and hate. The world pays a heavy price by accepting, ignoring, even condoning at times their hatred, intolerance, bigotry and lust for war and killing.