And who do you intend to replace Assad with?
A democratic system? See what happened in Iraq and democracy.
Don’t get me wrong. I was just pointing out that Assad is certainly not a perfect “ally”. He sometimes works for and sometimes against US interests. The fact that he has sent the military to protect Christian communities against ISIS makes him our ally at this point. He is doing a helluva lot more to protect Christians than the Messiah that is for sure.