weak leader white house will push around leave vacuum middle east chaos putin decide long term want presence strengthen middle east since u.s. absent area remember red line big turn point president effectiveness area obama do nothing continue let putin bring military mite take dominance win russia putin desire dominant big gun middle east obama officially surrender influence middle east assad stay checkmate fox news russian warplanes begin bombard syrian opposition target war tear nation north work behalf dictator bashar al assad accord senior military official.the official say airstrikes target fighters vicinity homs locate roughly 60 miles east russian naval facility tartus carry couple russian bombers clear strike target isis al qaeda force oppose assad moscow aid accord twitter handle belong syrian government russian strike initiate request assad.the development come pentagon officials brush aside official request russia clear air space northern syria moscow intend conduct airstrikes isis behalf syrian dictator bashar al-assad accord source speak fox news.the request make russian three-star general speak u.s. officials american embassy baghdad source say general identify use word please deliver verbal request know demarche accord write transcript exchange break putin trample obama imaginary red line airstrikes syria