Because "everybody else is doing it".

Seriously, though ... Because they support the Syrian government, and Putin wants to regain the glory days of the USSR so is flexing his military might.

They are helping the rest of us bomb ISIS which resides in Syria.  The Syrian govt is in support of this.  ISIS threatens stability and threatens Assad so he allows the rest of us to hit ISIS.  ISIS is a threat to everyone not hardline orthodox Muslim and Russia is anti-Muslim, hence the desire to … Read more