Angus King actually said...

we've got to find a strategy that allows us to move Assad aside in some way, working with the Russians, if necessary, or the Iranians, if ne...

Which only exacerbates the sectarian conflict, which makes ISIS look good to the Sunni chiefs in Anbar.

I really think you need to rethink a strategy about a safe zone, a no-fly zone, some protection from Assad's barrel bombs.

it makes the ISIS look invincible and more powerful, and that's--helps in their recruiting, and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.