CAUSING CHAOS

For many years now, I have thought that Putin has an unstated policy of causing chaos in countries with oil. In this way, he tries to keep the price of oil high.

With today's price of oil, Putin is really desperate.* So he needs the Middle East to explode into chaos.

IMHO, Putin ordered that a western airline be blown up, so that the West would overreact, under the principle that violence begets violence.

Putin does not trust ISIS. So Putin relied on his old KGB buddies, who should have been able to easily blow up a plane.

Unfortunately for this plan, Egypt had good security in its airports. Worse, the British airlines had even better security on access to their planes.

My guess is that Putin said, "I do not want to hear excuses, I want a plane flying out of Egypt TO BLOW UP!"

Unfortunately, the only plane where there was access, was a Russian charter plane. This was because the charter company may have covered part of its costs by smuggling drugs.

It should be noted that Daesh** could not have blown up that plane. The explosion took place in the luggage area and produced shrapnel, which that bomb in the Daesh photo could not have done.

Now Putin is bombing areas of Syria, which are NOT controlled by Isis. Putin cries crocadile tears for his "friend" Assad. IMHO, Putin does not care if Assad is beheaded in a public square, as long as the price of oil goes back up.

* I think it is possible that Russia's monetary reserve does not actually exist. Putin keeps in power by allowing his cohorts to steal billions from his government. If oil does not cover this expense, where else does Putin get money?

** It is a BAD IDEA to invoke the name of ISIS while on Egyptian soil. %<)