Television
Sep 30, 2015
Mike Barnicle: ”What are the risks for the Russians inserting themselves into Syria?”

”What are the risks for the Russians inserting themselves into Syria? We know what happened to the Russians and to us in Afghanistan. Is there a similar threat here that Russia gets sucked into Syria in a situation that they find difficult to extract themselves from?,” asks Mike Barnicle of The Washington Post’s David Ignatius following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to intervene military inside Syria to combat ISIS. Watch the discussion on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and listen to Ignatius’ response and why he thinks Russia is not any more likely to have military success in Syria than the U.S.