[ksm1]

You know it's a strange world when Turkey is standing up for democracy more than the US, and you have to go to Al Jazeera (?!) of all places to get straight talk from reporters.

[grania]

Okay....so is a new Kurdish nation that allies with Syria maybe the best way to stop ISIS?

I really don't care what's best for Saudi Arabia, Turkey, or even Israel. Don't see them doing much to stop ISIS or protect Christians and other minorities in areas where they're threatened.

[ScottinVA]

Sometimes, to win the war, it’s necessary to align with some rather distasteful “allies” in a marriage of convenience. We did exactly that with Stalin’s USSR in World War II. If the clown show known as the American government had any semblance of forethought, instead of backing al-Qaeda all these many months, it would’ve been conversing with Assad’s government and backed a sovereign Syria against the ISIS cancer.

[Pollster1]

I am not fond of Assad, but I prefer him to chaos, anarchy, or an ISIS state. The one thing that worries me is Kerry agreeing with me. Perhaps that means I’m wrong about Syria.

[VeniVidiVici]

But State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said later that Kerry, in the interview with CBS, was not specifically referring to Assad. She reiterated that Washington would never negotiate with the Syrian leader.

The Obama administration is the most inept in American history. They don't have to worry about responding to Republican criticism, they just have to worry about contradicting themselves.