Putin To Send Country's Largest Warship To Syria To Take Out ISIS Once And For All -- July 4, 2016

At the sidebar there is a link to the "Big Stories." One of the "big stories" is Putin's goal to "re-establish" the old Soviet Union."

These are the most recent updates at that post:

• May 28, 2016: Russia's long road to the Middle East, WSJ
• October 9, 2015: how Putin "took" Syria, CNN
• October 9, 2025: Obama to end Pentagon effort to train Syrian rebels

I say all that because it appears Putin is one step closer to a warm water port. I saw the story, but missed the significance. A huge "thank you" to a reader for pointing it out.

The story:

Putin is sending Russia's largest warship to destroy ISIS one and for all.

Putin authorizes navy ship to transport 30 fighter jets and attack helicopters to the Med in bid to rid the world's death cult. 

The Kremlin strongman's decision came in the wake of ISIS atrocities in Bangladesh -- where it murdered 20 hostages in a restaurant int he capital Dhaka -- and Baghdad, Iraq, where a car bomb killed [at least] 125 shoppers.

After seeing that story, the reader wrote me: 

A while back I said to some dinner guests that "Putin and I both like $100 a barrel oil.  He's just in better position to do something about it."

Who knows, he may succeed in fulfilling Russia's longstanding quest to annex a warm-water port.

Regardless, at one time the Mediterranean was considered a "US lake." It is noteworthy that Putin is not sending just any warship, but the country's largest warship.

So, we'll see.