I don’t want an alliance with Assad, he is in bed with Iran. Muslims killing muslims is not a problem with me. We should carve out a spot for Christians to get to (probably north Lebanon) and let the Sunnis and Shiites kill each other.
Yes, there's not a good choice in this situation. I should not have used the word alliance with Assad. But it is to his advantage to kick out ISIS in Syria and also to our advantage if ISIS is stopped. I think they said it will take a year to train and arm FSA, but the Syrian army is already trained. FSA is said to have turned over at least one of the recent beheaded hostages to ISIS. They were also very cozy with ISIS in the McCain picture. So we don't know what they will really do if we arm them. Why not let Assad help take out ISIS?