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The West has no real answer to IS or Assad. They're more interested in their profile amongst the Liberals than facing the reality which Putin has done.
There are options to consider. Assad or similar rules the area with an iron fist hitting anyone who opposes him, IS wins and rules the area with an iron fist studded with nails hitting anyone they think is opposing the will of their god and ideology.
Or no one rules and the entire country becomes a hot bed of groups fighting a civil war. Which eventually spills into Iraq and then onto other countries. Eventually the West is called in to invade and fight a war that dwarfs everything since WW2.
Or Putin wins the battles, puts Assad back in charge and Syria is now a buddy of Russia.
What's not an option is what the West is hoping for. Everyone gets around the table and talks it through.
What will happen until the end comes, is 10,000s or 100,000 civilians will die. War isn't nice and clean and fought by any rules.
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