They opened the door for Russia's return to Syria after Russia had evacuated Syria with the fall of the Soviet Union 22 years before. Now the Russians have a naval base in the Western Med again. Now Russia has an airbase in the Western Med again. Now Russia has anti aircraft missile coverage over all of Israel, and all of several NATO countries too. And a nuclear armed naval fleet parked offshore. Those cruise missiles cover the entire Middle East from there, if not a good deal farther. Russian cruise missiles hit targets in Syria when fired from the Caspian sea. That's one of the strategic mistakes the White House made. They poked the bear and woke him from his deep slumber. Now the bear is hungry. Maybe Russia decides Israel must be destroyed for Syria. Fuck all anybody can do about it.