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In reply to the discussion: Russia has started bombing ISIS/coordinating with Syrian gov. [View all]GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)I think Russia just ate our lunch.
The US MIC has wanted to overthrow Assad for over 14 years. Assad is on the infamous list of "7 countries in five years" that General Wes Clark exposed on NPR.
ISIS is Saudi Arabia, Qatar and, by alliance, Turkey -- and all of them wanted Assad overthrown. So in selling the overthrow of Assad to the American public and others who ignore details, ISIS was going to be the reason we invaded Syria. They were likely going to say something like 'well bombing isn't enough and training moderate rebels didn't work out so boots on the ground....' That is all out the window now.
We weren't fighting ISIS because the real goal is/was to overthrow Assad and let the Saudis install a Sunni extremist government, a Sunni version of Iran.