Since day one, Putin had been playing Obama like a fine tuned violin.
Now, knowing Obama is in a pickle with his red line, Putin reaches out and gives Obama a political way out of his mess.
With Russia and Syria offering in principle to hand over his chemical weapons to international control, gives Obama the exit door he needs to back off his strike.

Obama's spin machine will try to say it's because of his threat to strike that Syria and Russia agrees to this new option.

The truth is Russia would love to see an American "Limited" strike. Russia has sent electronic warfare ships to the area(spy ships)that would monitor our strike. Russia would gain valuable knowledge and intel of how far our capabilities have come over the last 10 years without sustaining much damage to Syria or Assad's forces.

One must wonder why Putin would concede to a deal that would save face for Obama. Knowing full well that things were looking pretty bleak in congress for Obama why would he offer such a plan?

Will Obama's deal with the devil call for huge concessions to Putin behind the scenes?
Will Obama forget about arming the rebels after this debacle blows over?

One can only guess, but Putin had Obama over a barrel and one must be very suspicious of what the Puppet Master is up to.