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The U.S. would be burned by playing with Putin

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Published December 23, 2015 5:02am ET
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The U.S. would be burned by playing with Putin
Putin's aggression is immune to disapproval from other world leaders. It's time to learn from past mistakes and stop trusting Putin to be a good-faith partner in international relations. (Alexei Nikolsky/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) | Alexei Nikolsky

Secretary of State John Kerry met Vladimir Putin in Moscow last week and announced that he will accept Putin’s demand that President Bashar Assad stay in power in Syria. This is the latest in a long list of Kremlin victories in undercutting President Barack Obama’s global leadership and undermining the likelihood that we’ll see peace and stability in Syria.

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