Leonid Bershidsky — Trump Squeezes Putin in Syria. Don't Assume That's Good.

1.  Set back for addressing radical Islamic terrorism, heretofore Trump's chief foreign policy and military goal.

2. Risks engaging Russia in open hostilities inadvertently. 

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Trump Squeezes Putin in Syria. Don't Assume That's Good.

Leonid Bershidsky | Bloomberg View columnist, founding editor of the Russian business daily Vedomosti and founder of the opinion website Slon.ru.