Originally Posted by crockett

Notice the difference between the US's tactics while helping Iraq deal with ISIS vs Russia's tactics helping Syria. For Russia and Syria it's taken over a year of bombing the shit out of Aleppo to push ISIS out "mostly". While doing this ISIS captured another city in Syria.

Meanwhile in Iraq, the US did not bomb Mosul to rubble and yet with Iraq forces and our help we pushed ISIS almost completely out of that city in a little over a month of fighting and have just about pushed them out of Iraq. Of course the fight is not over yet, but it's obvious we are doing way better than Russia is in Syria.

It's pretty clear Russia and Assad are more worried about killing Opposition forces than actually killing ISIS, I think this is what it comes down to.

Why does it take Russia & Assad a year of fighting only to then lose more ground while competently destroying a major city? Putin should be trying to learn from the US, not stirring up troubles.