Assad may be a son of a butch but at least he's better than the alternative that would take place if he's gone. If Russians really want Assad to survive, they should embed their units as much as possible with the Syrians. Joe's handlers won't dare to start a nuclear war over Syria.
I think we may be uncovering one reason the obama type pro-ISIS politicians dont like Russia so much. Russia is preventing the destabilizing of the Mideast.