Assad is our enemy, Russia is our enemy, Iran (which also has thousands of boots on the ground in Syria, and thousands of proxies in Lebanon) is our enemy. This little beat-down they have planned will go a lot like Afghanistan, perhaps right down to the eventual US occupation — though that would take years.
You seem to be missing the point that the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood are also our enemies.
We want all the involved parties to “win”.
Incredibly, there are Putin supporters here at FR. I can't understand how they are allowed to stay. Russia has undermined the US in every military encounter the US has ever had. They're building up their military forces while Obama is crippling ours. They're been staging joint war games with the ChiComs in preparation for war against us.
1. "assad is our enemy" -- yeah, but the alternative is worse. It's like the Ukrainians in 1941 welcoming Nazis as saviors from the Soviets -- from one evil to a greater evil.
2. "Russia is our enemy" -- no, the Russians are posturing. The Russian people see the west as a rival, yes, but not the enemy. The Russian government too see's the West as a rival for Russian influence -- mainly for their pride. They have not got the resources to be a serious enemy
3. "Iran is our enemy" -- more correctly the Iranian regime is the enemy. The Iranian people have no beef with Israel and if anything the Iranian people are indifferent to the USA -- there is no visible US presence, so the Iranian government's "Big satan" bit sounds like posturing and deflection to them