Who is 'weaponising' the Syrian refugees? (Rachel Shabi, Al Arabiya)

Of course, it was a comment too good to resist. When a NATO commander accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of "weaponising" migrants, it was picked up by media outlets everywhere. Because that is exactly the sort of thing the dastardly Russian president would do, in cahoots with the murderous Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, isn't it?

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/03/weaponising-syrian-refugees-160313121135473.html