One benefit of this impasse could be the potential return of Russian bad guys in Bond films. They are always far more believable and their accents are great.
We covered this ground last week.There are no good guys in this.The middle east was less dangerous before the so called "nasty" leaders were deposed. Gaddafi was quite amusing as long as you didn't have to live there,luckily we don't.
It all just got worse. Tonight Syria said pfft, and Russia backed them. Both releasing sound bites aimed at the Americans. Basically, come at me bro. This is going to make the Bay of Pigs look like a pork chop. It's going to get very very bad.