Originally <a href='http://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/showthread.php?p=24580547'>posted</a> on 10/02/2015:
well, whoever told you that is full of bs.
1. Assad exiting is not going to start WW3. That makes no sense.
2. Russia does not want a war because they have no chance of winning because they can't even afford to fight on top of their old military equipment which can't handle a fight.
3. The only reason Putin is doing this is he knows he can. There is an airfield in Syria so Putin wants to protect that, he knows USA wants Assad out and he knows Obama will not do anything to stop him.