The Russians and Assad simply are not going after ISIS. Their focus is Assad’s survival. ISIS is not their last concern, not their first. ISIS provides the rationale that makes Assad agreeable for realpolitik arrangement. The destruction of ISIS undermines the claim that Assad is the only alternative. Assad is probably more worried about ISIS losing Raqqa than ISIS is.
I don’t care one bit for Assad, but he and his semi-moderate regime look awfully good right now considering the chaos that Obama and Hillary helped unleash on the Middle East and Syria.
Don’t forget and it needs to be said over and over - all that stood in the way of the Gulf States pipeline to Europe was.... Syria and Assad. Who donated so much money to the Clinton Foundation and pledged money to the Obama Foundation? The Gulf States. Who else wanted the pipeline? Turkey and Erdogan. Who didn’t want the pipeline? Russia and Iran.
Follow the money folks....... the pipeline to Europe for the Gulf States is potentially worth trillions and it would crush the Russian economy because they would lose their main meal ticket - energy to Europe.
Go back and look at the donations to the Clinton Foundation and follow a timeline of how our foreign policy shifted to all of a sudden support the Arab Spring. Syria was the prize all along for the pipeline. Egypt and Libya were just stepping stones along the way as our administration (and McCain) told us over and over that the peaceful people only wanted democracy when it was really the Muslim Brotherhood these leaders had kept in check.
Follow the money. I am increasingly convinced that the main impetus was and has been - the pipeline that Assad stood in the way of. It all makes sense if you step back and look at it and we are talking about trillions with a T.