JUST A WILD, OUTSIDE-THE-BOX IDEA.
I MEAN, NO ONE IS BETTER SITUATED TO DESTROY ISIL/ISIS THAN THE IAF - IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SYRIAN ARMY.
BUT ONLY ON ONE CONDITION: ASSAD MAKES FULL AND PRIOR AND PUBLIC RECOGNITION OF THE JEWISH STATE OF ISRAEL.
IT'S ASSAD'S BEST CHANCE AT SURVIVAL.
AND THE WEST'S BEST SHOT AT DEFEATING ISIS ASAP.
IT WOULD ALSO PUT A WEDGE BETWEEN IRAN AND SYRIA.
(HEY: IT'S NO STRANGER THAN THINKING THE USA AND IRAN COULD BE ALLIED AGAINST ISIS....)
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Also remember what Bashar Assad's grandfather, Suleiman Al Assad, and other Alawite notables had to say about what fate awaited their nation when the French withdrew from the Levant and forced the Alawites into a country to be called Syria:
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Source for the quote from the Alawites, with a photocopy of the original Arabic text, here:
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Assad would do better with the usa and Israel than with iran and russia.
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