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Igel

(35,293 posts)
2. One swallow does not a summer make.
Sun Jul 16, 2017, 03:39 PM
Jul 2017

Some incidents are background noise.

Some incidents are foregrounded enough to matter but can be finessed.

Some incidents are deal breakers.

In this case, what matters is how it's going to be presented in Russia. Will it be presented as an indignation to be avenged, or an indignation which, in its being overlooked, shows how glorious Russia is and what scoundrels the rebels are.

Perhaps it'll be blamed on ISIS, which wanted to destroy the cease fire. Perhaps on a Kurdish group. Or on somebody else.

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