But acknowledging the Islamic State threat - and attacking its fighters in Iraq - does not make Washington an ally of Damascus even as State Department Spokeswoman Jen Psaki says the Obama administration considers a range of options not limited by borders.
That doesnt mean that our view has changed of the brutality of the Assad regime and the brutality of the actions that he has taken against his own people, she said. But given the growing threat of ISIL, it is a threat that we need to take on and work with countries in the region to do that.
Regional leaders agree there must be a broader coalition to defeat the Islamic State, even if that may directly benefit Syrias government and its allies, says U.S. Institute of Peace analyst Steve Heydemann.
The risk is that we are in some ways rewarding Iran, rewarding the Assad regime, rewarding the Russians for bad behavior to the extent that the Assad regime, with Iranian and Russian support, created the conditions that permitted the rise of ISIS for the Saudis and the West to now become involved in solving the problem that those governments and those movements had a hand in creating suggests that we are helping them to avoid the consequences of their own policies, he said.
Center for a New American Security analyst Nora Bensahel says there is very careful thinking in Washington about the Islamic State.
The United States certainly does not want to be seen as intervening in the civil war, period, much less being seen as intervening on the side of the Assad regime. So thats why were seeing a lot of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions now starting to be flown so the United States can get a better picture hopefully of whats going on on the ground to inform future decisions, she said.
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