Sorry Danno . "Political capital" is no justification for bombing another country in violation of the Constitution, international sovereignty, international law, ethics, morality, sanctity of life. Nor does "15 minutes" of bombing make the bombing any more justified. And it did not get "us miles ahead of the game with Russia, China, North Korea and the entire world." Rather it set us miles behind, destroying relationships and diplomacy with Russia, China, and North Korea, and revealing to the entire world that Washington is a blatant liar, and cannot be trusted, and has no respect for intentional law or national sovereignty. And the show of force also turned out to be a show of ineptitude, and incompetence to boot - a laughing stock. It is an utter failure of the highest magnitude.
Nor is going after ISIS a justification for violating the national sovereignty of Syria to forcible "help it" against its will clean up the "pooh" Washington caused. Without the permission of Syria it is an illegal invasion and an act of war. Syria has every legal right to forcibly rebuff any Washington invaders.
Lastly, if you think US troops are in Syria to help Assad and Syria, you are still drinking the laced Kool Aid. They aren't there to respect Syrian sovereignty or the will of the Syrian people. If they were, they wouldn't be there. Washington may (or may not) actually be actively targeting ISIS (as opposed to supporting them) for political kudos now that they are on the ropes anyway, but it sill wants regime change and control over the Syrian government. It still wants to set up control zones inside Syria outside of Syrian government reach from which to launch more regime change/destabilization/color revolutions to forcibly get its will over he Syria. It may have abandoned its ISIS ploy to destabilize Syria, but it is still striving to destabilize the country . Witness the recent lies about the gas attack, and the impulsive need to act immediately without evidence and oppose any investigation to uncover truth. This time they may not call them "moderate" rebels, but it will be some new group - perhaps more Wahhabi Jihadis under a new name, perhaps some Kurdish group, or perhaps some other Sunni group to be trained, armed and played to implement Washington's bidding.
The one thing you know for sure is they are not there with permission. They are not there to support Syria or its government. They are illegal migrants in violation of national sovereignty and sent in violation of US Constitution and law. "Pooh" or no "pooh", There is no justification for it whatsoever.
The US does not need to be in Syria at all!
