Bomb Assad regime, not Islamic State: former White House adviser

‘A former Middle East adviser to Barack Obama has called on the U.S. President to reverse course in Syria and begin – finally – to bomb the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, rather than attacking Islamic State jihadi forces.
Dennis Ross, who served as Mr. Obama’s senior adviser from 2009 to 2011, as well as in the administrations of presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton, said that bombing Syrian bases is “the language Mr. Assad and [his ally, Russian President Vladimir] Putin understand.”’
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