out his main adversary, freeing him to focus more intensely on the rest of the rebels — meaning the "moderate" rebels, which the Coalition purports to train and reinforce in order to take him down. Iran also wins and of course Hezbollah - all members of President Bush's Axis of Evil. In other words: the Coalition 1s doing some of the "dirty work" for them. ¢ In my best assessment, the Turks are right in their position that there is no point in striking ISIS unless you also set a goal to take down Assad, and act to achieve it. The Turks are right in their call for a "humanitarian strip" — 25-30 km into Syrian territory along the borders, and declare it a “no fly zone’, a place for refugees (there are several million of HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_029365