Assad and his backers--Russia, Iran and Hezbollah--helping Obama by destroying ISIL in Syria - is a pipe dream. Syria hysteria destined to entrap Obama in yet another political quagmire
One wonders when Obama will begin to "ratchet up the pressure" as he promised last year. My guess is "never." After all, he's already got his hands full pretending to deal with ISIS.
You can shell Israeli houses, bomb them and break inside to massacre the people living inside, but then after all that, Israel goes and builds more of those damn things.
When bad actors like Putin and ISIS cause problems, Obama is annoyed, but not as much as he's annoyed at you and me for expecting him to know what to do about it.