I’ll never side with the Assads, they helped kill 250 US Marines in ‘ 83and they’ve done more to create ISIS as anyone;
I don’t buy the Iranian/Russian prop line on this.
There’s been something going on for the last however many years starting with the street revolt in Iran in 2009 followed by the Arab Spring revolts-revolutions ending in Syria, then the Syrian Civil War with Assad backed by Russia.
Then comes the street revolt in Ukraine.
Here’s an FR post related to that as published by Israel’s Haaretz newspaper.
It talks about an ex-Israel Defense Forces solider helping to overthrow the pro-Russian government in Ukraine with the consequences that followed that.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3128619/posts?page=1