John E. Herbst: Is Syria Putin’s off-ramp from the Ukraine crisis?
Russian President Vladimir Putin, waits to address the 70th Session of the UN General Assembly Sept. 28, 2015 at the UN in New York.
Ever since Moscow's "little green men" appeared in Crimea, the West has been anxious to provide Russian President Vladimir Putin an "off-ramp" from his aggression in Ukraine. US, French, German, and European Union diplomats have made numerous efforts to find a face-saving way for Putin to back off.
