Are the dynamics in the M E getting ready to change as Russian forces are setting up a FOB near Damascus?

This could be a good or bad development CPT (Join to see). The Russians have learned much fighting their own terrorist conflicts in Chechnya and Dagestan, etc. As well as dealing with terrorist attacks in their homeland. Hopefully, they would be working to destabilize ISIS. It would be interesting to have Spetsnaz fighting on "our" side against a common foe.

Probably so, Looks like Sh#t is about to hit the fan. If our dumbass politicians would have taken the gloves off our military and United in a joint effort with Israel, threw out the ROE's since nobody tries to follows them anyway except us , This M. E. Crap would have already been over.

Well, if Putin weren’t the President of Russia I would be more inclined to say it is a good thing the Russians are getting involved. With the current goings on with Russia, inciting civil unrest in neighboring former Russian territories, I believe this could get sticky. The US government has been wanting the Syrian government over thrown for years, now look what they got. I think a stable dictatorship in Syria is better than an ISIS controlled, chaotic country. Maybe Russia can assist in bringing stability back to that region. Or will Russia be the country that these not to popular regimes turn to for assistance. They have been in the past.