Putin and Assad financed and supported ISIS when it was Al Qaeda in Iraq to attack Iraqis and coalition troops 2003 - 2009. But now that their dog has grown large and turned on them they blame America for the very animal they nurtured?
http://www.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2007/103711.htm
“Despite acknowledged reductions in foreign fighter flows, the scope of the problem remained large. According to the December “Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq” report to Congress, nearly 90 percent of all foreign terrorists known to be in Iraq had used Syria as an entry point. The Syrian government could do more to stop known terror networks and foreign fighter facilitators from operating within its borders. Separately, the Syrian government has cracked down on pro-Kongra-Gel/Kurdistan Worker’s Party (KGK/PKK) sympathizers in northeastern Syria, and President al-Asad expressed his public support of Turkish military action against KGK/PKK militants operating in southern Turkey and northern Iraq.
The Syrian government refused to implement mandatory visa requirements for citizens of Arab countries.
Syria remained a source of concern regarding terrorist financing. The Commercial Bank of Syria remained subject to U.S. sanctions. Industry experts reported that 70 percent of all business transactions were conducted in cash and only eight percent of all Syrians used formal banking services.
“
It was a sign of Syria's regime weakness that it could not control the situation not some Machiavellian plot by Assad to attack the USA. In fact, Syria and Iran, being Shia ruled had every reason not to encourage Sunni jihadists in favor of Shia jihadists.
So take that State Dept report and shove it up Hillary Clinton's neocon glory hole.