Quote Originally Posted by Husar View Post
So it's not okay to strike the other nasty Islamist groups then? Not to forget that the US are already striking hard against the IS, no? If they want to hit the same people, they probably have to coordinate their attacks anyway.

Seems like Russia is taking a far more active role in the fight against Islamic terrorism, wouldn't that be a good thing?
Well there are some moderate rebels within the opposition, and I hate to see the Assad regime get propped up by Russia which is I think their biggest motivation for getting involved.