What happened was Assad stood in the way of completing the caliphalte that obama and isis/isil wanted so much.

https://archive.ph/6iEl4 :

2019-04-21 | Reporter Sharmine Narwani on the secret history of America's defeat in Syria | Salon.com

'I used to ask the State Department to name the so-called “moderate rebels” they supported in the Syrian conflict. '

'The Syrian opposition used to burn tires on the tops of buildings to simulate shelling for TV cameras. '

'Mainstream Western media were absolutely complicit in disseminating disinformation about the Syrian conflict to serve the political agendas of their respective governments…. '

'First, please describe your impressions of how the Western media performed. '

'You never heard that in the Western media. '

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