No one's in charge, Craig. Dozens of regional and global interests are in play but no one has a trump card. My guess is the Turks will become the dominant regional power, and US will have to stickhandle warily because of Islamic gains on secularism. Putin didn't throw that lifeline because he loved Obama. The Turks, casting their eyes southward, don't want to be dependent on Russia's energy. The Iranians will have their hands full with Turkey. It's the old game. We don't know the half of it, as Wikileaks proves to us again and again
