I think your article pretty much tells it like it is. For God's sake people, you need to question the actions of your government and the propaganda you are being fed on the TV news.
How many of you even realized that the US had quietly moved thousands of troops into Syria? So much for no US boots-on-the-ground in Syria. And no, they are not there to fight ISIS. They are there to SUPPORT ISIS! The Syrian government knows this. Russia, Iran, and Turkey know this. Only the gullible American public doesn't know this.
The US has been fighting the so-called global war on terrorism (GWOT) for decades. So here's the most powerful military force in history, possessing aircraft carriers, submarines, fighters, bombers, helicopters, special forces, spy satellites, weather warfare capabilities, nukes, etc. and yet, it still has not defeated a rag-tag loosely organized group of militants whose most prized weapon is a pick-up truck with a machine gun bolted down in the back.
Does this make sense to you? You are being lied to. The GWOT is totally bogus. When you understand this, everything will start to make sense.