With Biden now appointing John Kerry as his climate czar, it’s worth remembering that under Obama, John Kerry was hoping to use ISIS to remove Assad from power. It didn’t work out that way.
“I mean, the reason Russia came in is because ISIL was getting stronger. Daesh was threatening the possibility of going to Damascus and so forth. And that’s why Russia came in. Because they didn’t want a Daesh government. And they supported Assad. And, and, uh, and we we know that this was growing. We were watching. We saw that, that Daesh was growing in strength. And we thought Assad was threatened. Uhh, we thought our, we could probably manage, uh, you know, that Assad might then negotiate. Instead of negotiating, you’ve got Assad and you’ve got Putin to support him.” – John Kerry
https://www.methylated.net/2017/01/14/i-mean-the-reason-russia-came-in-is-because/