Australia’s Brutal Treatment of Migrants ny times, page-13

"Problem is the war they are conducting isn't against ISIS, they want Assad gone. They have never hidden that motive but they hide how they're going about it, under the guise of the fight against ISIS."

They don't want to go it alone so they want another "coalition of the willing" to justify their aggression

Problem: Assad and Russian influence in this area
Reaction: Create ISIS and civil unrest in Syria with atrocities to make the public take notice
Solution: Invade/bomb/defeat Syria with the blessing of the same people that are disgusted by the ISIS atrocities

Hagellian dialectic in action!