A senior Russian delegation landed in Damascus today to discuss “strategic files” with Syria’s new authorities — the same Syrians Moscow was bombing and denouncing as “terrorists” less than a year ago. Now, Russia is back in Damascus, seeking to cut deals with the very people its planes once targeted. Now, all three men — Assad, Putin, Netanyahu — are wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity. For Russia, the Damascus visit is an exercise in amnesia. The net effect is the same: Syrians are left to bargain directly with the superpower that once treated their survival as a target of opportunity.