A few facts here.

NO airforce has ever won a war. Canada is withdrawing its fighters (only six of them) because our government is aware of that. We will be keeping our army people there to train other mid-East troops to fight their own battles. At present we have about 600 such troops (special ops, communications specialists, etc) in that theater. Bombing has been a failure because it causes non-combatants to suffer unnecessarily. Kill my kids and I become your enemy for life kinda thing. Face facts: bombing is hurting Daesh, but it is also antagonizing the population and increasing the numbers of the main enemy.

I'm a go-or-get-off-the-pot kinda guy. If it was my call, I`d exterminate Daesh to the last combatant, without remorse and without mercy. Use overwhelming force on the ground, search and destroy. Assad is a POS and he is no friend to anyone but himself. That said, the decision to let him remain is a S