Yep, and Assad was against the Qatar turkey natural gas pipe line. Which would hurt Russia, so on the one hand we want Assad out so the pipeline could be buil

Yep, and Assad was against the Qatar turkey natural gas pipe line. Which would hurt Russia, so on the one hand we want Assad out so the pipeline could be built but on the other hand we don't want stability in the region so we hem and haw and refuse to take decisive action in the conflict. iSIS is very helpful in this aim. Russia gets screwed. Middle East gets screwed, we get a new reason for tons of defense/anti-terrorism funding. This whole thing seems to be working out pretty well! Seriously it's all out there clear as day. They don't even bother trying to hide.