Putin's "Our Partner" is the gloriously deceptive USA

Is the chess master being purposely deceptive?  Does he know America can't be trusted but still pretends it's Russia's partner in Syria?
I wouldn't put anything past Putin.

Stephen Lendman at this blog
America Can Never Be Trusted!

.........US cooperation with Russia in Syria is illusory. On Tuesday, US-supported al-Nusra terrorists attacked Syrian troops and Russian police in Idlib’s de-escalation zone – after Washington agreed to observe ceasefire in all Syrian de-escalation zones.

According to head of Russia’s General Staff Gen. Sergey Rudskoi:

“Despite agreements signed in Astana on September 15, (hundreds of) gunmen of Jabhat al-Nusra (together with allied terrorists) launched a large-scale offensive against positions of government troops north and northeast of Hama in the Idlib de-escalation zone…on September 19.”

“According to available data, the offensive was initiated by American intelligence services to stop a successful advance of government troops east of Deir Ezzor.”...........