But the reason for the devestation in Aleppo, is because London, Paris and Berlin armed Al-Qaida to try to take over the country. If it wasn't for a collection of Baathists, Christians, Shias and Alawites, they would have succeeded and based in Syria now.
Libya, of course, was a *success story* - bombed for 10 months by NATO so that ISIS could have a North African base.