From the outset, Putin's stance was reported as being "Remove ISIS, then once Syria has stabilized, elections".
Of course if Assad wins the elections the US will cry foul, and stir up radicals again thinking "I just know if we wish really hard that the new radicals won't turn into ISIS 2.0. I mean how many times can we be wrong?"
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From the outset, Putin's stance was reported as being "Remove ISIS, then once Syria has stabilized, elections".
Of course if Assad wins the elections the US will cry foul, and stir up radicals again thinking "I just know if we wish really hard that the new radicals won't turn into ISIS 2.0. I mean how many times can we be wrong?"