Every war is sold to the public with lies, often developed by marketing companies. The demonizing of Russia is yet another prelude to war. You are incredibly naive if you believe what you are being told. A book I recommend is called The Ruses of War by John Quigley.
You must have bought two tinfoil hats. I do agree that there are other things on the table. ISIS was controlling a lot of the oil production and Syria was buying some of it. So was Turkey. However for now I believe President Trump is concentrating on defeating ISIS.