Also you made the claim that "Russia propped up the Assad regime" that is correct and we all know Bashar al-Assad isn't a "nice guy" but what did the U.S. do and what was its plan? We shipped arms/support to the "rebels" some of which are Muslim extremists with links to al qaeda(you know the group that wants to kill us). Even if the uprising had been successful and the Assad regime was overthrown it would have created another power vacuum and the U.S. would once again be involved in another quagmire like Iraq and Afghanistan.