{"id":51884,"date":"2015-10-02T02:30:57","date_gmt":"2015-10-02T02:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/time_ian_bremmer-these_5_facts_explain_putins_war_in_syria\/"},"modified":"2015-10-02T02:30:57","modified_gmt":"2015-10-02T02:30:57","slug":"time_ian_bremmer-these_5_facts_explain_putins_war_in_syria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=51884","title":{"rendered":"(Time) Ian Bremmer&#8211;These 5 Facts Explain Putin\u2019s War in Syria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You have to give Vladimir Putin credit\u201d\u201dhe has a special talent for changing facts on the ground and daring others to do something about it. Russian bombs are now falling on Syria, though Putin\u2019s intentions remain a subject of debate. But here\u2019s the bottom line: Russia\u2019s strongman has restored his country\u2019s status as a major international player. These 5 facts explain Putin\u2019s calculations for joining the fight for Syria.<\/p>\n<p>1. Putin\u2019s Popularity<\/p>\n<p>Putin has used tough foreign policy words and deeds to boost his popularity at home from the very start.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/4058216\/these-5-facts-explain-putins-war-in-syria\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You have to give Vladimir Putin credit\u201d\u201dhe has a special talent for changing facts on the ground and daring others to do something about it. Russian bombs are now falling on Syria, though Putin\u2019s intentions remain a subject of debate.<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=51884\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,40,50,209,143,199,168,200,144,151,129,479,34,469],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-watch","category-economics-politics","category-international-news-commentary","category-americau-s-a","category-defense-national-security-military","category-england-uk","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-europe","category-foreign-relations","category-politics-in-general","category-psychology","category-russia","category-theology","category-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51884\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}