Better to make a deal with Putin to remove the Assad regime from Syrian politics. There is no simple war there.
The Alawite Shia are a minority and not respected by Syria's Sunni population.
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[T]he Alawites purportedly differ from Twelvers in holding that Ali was a manifestation of God - a notion that some members of Syria's Sunni majority consider heretical. ...
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Syrian Alawites distance themselves from Assad - BBC News
You cannot fight a war against an enemy you cannot understand. Who are you going to bomb or Nuke?