Obama Warns Putin Risks a Quagmire in Propping Up Assad
(Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama speaks about the U.S. economy and budget negotiations in Congress. Speaking at a news conference at the White House, Obama also discusses Russia's involvement in the Syrian crisis and the need for the nation to address gun violence. (Source: Bloomberg)
U.S. President Barack Obama said Russia will get “stuck in a quagmire” if it persists in using military force to prop up Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime and urged efforts toward a political transition.
Russian President Vladimir Putin intervened in Syria “not out of strength but out of weakness because his client, Mr. Assad, was crumbling, and it was insufficient for him to send them simply arms and money,” Obama said at a press conference on Friday at the White House.