Mr. Winters addresses many  points.  And as the old radio show said, as I listened to while driving across the prairie: And Now, The Rest of The Story (or at least a bit more).

Remember the sputtering anger of our President when Putin showed him aerial photos of the 10k+ of oil tanker trucks driving from ISIS to Turkey while the air force claimed to be attacking ISIS to the tune of thousands of bomber sorties.

Look at the battle the for Aleppo (actually the battle for East Aleppo).  As the Jihadi forces fall we learn that there were 28,000 civilians living under the gentle ministrations of Jihadi governance.  This is less than 11 percent of the numbers trumpeted as the reason to change from secret R2P (Responsibility to Protect) war to open USA "boots on the ground" war.

The tale cracks wide against a huge clandestine WAR battering the regime, or government, or confessional society and is untenable when the light of day shines on it.

And we are still up to our elbows in blood.