When Russian President Vladimir Putin recently addressed the United Nations in New York City, he publicly condemned the policies of the “one center of dominance” in the post-Cold War world: America. He went on to speak directly to all of Russia’s critics saying: “It is not about Russia’s ambitions. … but about the recognition of the fact that we can no longer tolerate the current state of affairs in the world.”

The only one who caught the foreshadowing in Putin’s speech was Putin. After a frosty photo-op and handshake with President Obama, Putin boarded a plane back to Moscow. Two days later, American diplomats were notified that Russia would be dropping bombs in Syria within an hour. Russia had one message for America: “Get out of the way.”