The disaster in Syria was set in motion by the U.S. and its attempt to depose Assad. As for curbing the slaughter in Aleppo, that could have been accomplished much sooner if the Obama regime had stopped funding the Islamic terrorists who made up the bulk of the so-called "rebels" in Syria. The "rebels" committed countless atrocities against the civilian population of eastern Aleppo and used them as human shields. It is shameful but totally predictable that the Western mainstream media and its so-called journalists have chosen to ignore the fact that Obama's regime change policy in the Middle East was at the root of the enormous human suffering in the region. Unfortunately, the MSM have become handmaidens of the West's globalist politicians in their bid to hide their own crimes, isolate Russia and fan the flames of a new Cold War.