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Russias military intervention in Syria that began on September 30, 2015, is its first major intrusion into the Levant since June 1772 when "Russian forces bombarded, stormed, and captured Beirut, a fortress on the coast of Ottoman Syria."[1] Then as

Putin will have to decide whether to cut his losses or to increase both the misery of the Ukrainian people and the war's vast cost to Russia

Kremlin policymakers should be discussing how to engineer a face-saving retreat, or perhaps consider high-level changes in their own government.

"Special Report with Bret Baier" welcomed guest Guy Benson, Susan Page, Bill Bennett