I agree with all you folks. It looks like a circular firing squad to me with 20,000 of our troops standing in the middle. Here are two sources I have found to begin understanding this situation. Yes, I said begin.
Lament for a Vanished Middle East
http://www.israpundit.org/archives/63611170
Syrian Civil War Brilliantly Explained By This Five-Minute Vox Video
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2015/11/28/syrian-civil-war_n_8672068.html
Very interesting ... from your first link:
... 10% of the French electorate is Sunni, and that 90% of those vote for the left.
And that man had a heck of an imagination.
Notice the Western media damn near ignoring the massive bombing the Rooskies are doing lately. Nary a word or video.
Must make Buckwheat look bad so if we don't report it...no one will know. Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-———