They would like you to believe that for sure. What they are actually doing is the exact same thing that Obama is doing in Iraq which is to give the appearance of doing something while actually doing not much of anything! Assad's enemies in Syria are many but I do not believe ISIS or ISIL is among them.
So the "they" you're referring to is Iran....yes? And Iran wants me to believe that they're in Syria fighting ISIS on behalf of their strongest ally, Syria. But you submit that AHA!! ISIS is not really an enemy of Assad so Iran is up to something VERY devious.
Okay.. I'm a little dizzy. Well, really quite dizzy.
Sir, if I may drill down to what I think is your bedrock point: Iran needs to be bombed unto rubble and dust. The reasons may be too convoluted to understand--but rubble and dust it MUST be!!
Have I got at least that right?