Just because America cannot stop every horror does not absolve us of the responsibility of using our great power to end the worst injustices where we can.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/comment/we-must-stand-up-to-putins-gangster-state-lclxflz9j
http://ru.reuters.com/article/topNews/idRUKBN14B0P4
http://www.kasparov.ru/material.php?id=585B7E2109BD3
http://inopressa.ru/article/22Dec2016/times/gangster.html
https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2016/12/22_a_10444139.shtml
https://www.gazeta.ru/politics/2016/12/21_a_10442429.shtml
http://carnegie.ru/commentary/?fa=66498
As the Syrian civil war reaches a turning point, Turkey joins Russia and Iran for talks that could outline the beginnings of an endgame.
https://www.stratfor.com/geopolitical-diary/sit-down-moscow-undeterred-envoys-murder