[Sam Gamgee]

Yes, and perhaps if the residents of Aleppo weren’t hiding ISIS terrorists Assad wouldn’t have needed to attack.

[ek_hornbeck]

I have yet to see a single advocate of US intervention in Syria give a cogent answer for what vital geopolitical interests of the US would be served by saving Sunni jihadi militias from Assad's forces. They just take it as a given that it's something "we" have to do, which saves them the trouble of having to justify it.

Yes, and perhaps if the residents of Aleppo weren’t hiding ISIS terrorists Assad wouldn’t have needed to attack.

I could be wrong, but I think that Aleppo is more of an Al Nusra (formerly Al Quaeda-affiliated) stronghold than an ISIS stronghold. Al Nusra has done a much better job of infiltrating and co-opting both other rebel groups and Sunni civilian organizations than ISIS, mainly because ISIS fighters are so psychotic that they can't even get along with other Sunni jihadis. I suppose this is why people like McCain and Hillary call Al Nusra and its allies the "moderates" in this fight.