What's going on in Syria? Are the United States and Russia using it as a battle ground to promote their political agendas?

Has anyone been paying attention to the back and forth between the United States and Russia in Syria?

Four years ago a nonviolent protest of the abusive Al Assad regime began there during Ramadan cumulating to a large protest on the event of the Eid. The people were protesting government corruption and human rights abuses.

These protests were met by the Al Assad regime with censorship and concessions. This should have been the end but the uprising created the opportunity for militant oppositions to move in and create more civil disturbance and led to the creation of the Free Syria Army. All of this escalated to what we now have.

The United States government giving Syrian Rebels 50 tons of ammunition and Russia bombing rebel positions in support of the Assad regime. After 100 Russian airstrikes it has become evident that they are not just targeting ISIS.

Russia is taking the position they are fighting anyone who is fighting Assad. Russia, has been concerned by what it sees as U.S. backed coups against pro-Russian governments in Ukraine, Georgia, and elsewhere. This would mean they are likely to see US backed rebels as a threat possibly even more of a threat than ISIS.

The U.S. calls Russia's continuing airstrikes against the rebels a "Fundamental mistake" and that the U.S. troops will not be cooperating with Russia because the Russians are moving forward with attacks which come from air, sea, and ground in support of Syrian ground forces.

Is our goal in Syria clear? While we give the rebels weapons and ammunition we are not willing to commit troops to support them or provide them with air cover. If we're not willing to commit to a strategy which will be supportive of winning is it worth continuing to arm and supply the rebels and to be supportive of the Kurdish backed movement against ISIS in eastern Syria?

Conclusion Russia will continue to fight all forces which are mounted against Al Assad's regime while the U.S. will continue to back all rebels and the Kurdish forces who are trying to defeat ISIS. The civilians will continue to suffer and bear the tragedy of being caught between them. Parallel wars or a political fight between Russia and the U.S.?

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/13/middleeast/syria-civil-war/

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