On September 14, 2016 at 16:56, BizarroTerl said...
Why is the US government so intent on getting rid of Assad? Seems the best course would be to cozy up with the Russians and help Assad retake all of Syria and crush ISIS.
The US government might feel differently if they had not inadvertently created ISIS in the first place while funding and arming the rebels/mercenaries they were trying to get to overthrow Assad. Russia only got involved because the US was doing almost nothing about ISIS in the hope they would still oust Assad as that was still the primary goal (in protecting America and her interests).