Mark Katz : I think the biggest problem with this is that it assumes a lot of things about how people are going to use it. He says Obama appeared to want to befriend Putin at G-20 , but Putin was stiff and reserved . It may be because , unlike Obama , he may not be looking for opportunities to cooperate , nor be embarrassed about forgoing them . He says if U.S. wo n't accommodate Russia , Russia wo n't accommodate U.S. Katz : Russia thinks U.S. mistaken on Syria and regime 's ouster will bring worse carnage .
Mark Katz : I think the biggest problem with this is that it assumes a lot of things about how people are going to use it. He says Obama appeared to want to befriend Putin at G-20 , but Putin was stiff and reserved . He says if U.S. wo n't accommodate Russia , Russia wo n't accommodate U.S. Katz : Russia thinks U.S. mistaken on Syria and regime 's ouster will bring worse carnage .