Russia and Assad are not on our side over there.
Assad tortures/murders the ones who go against him. This is a very common practice in third world countries run by a ruthless dictator.
Most Americans have difficulty understanding this. All I can say is wake up and pay attention to what the lefties have been doing here. Now, imagine the world only hears their propaganda. Voila, a distorted view is created of reality.
From what I've read, Putin and Assad are close friends. Putin was very shocked over how Gaddafi was tortured and killed. Apparently, we received the sanitized version. Well, he didn't want the same to occur to his friend Assad, so that's how he got involved.
Those two have never been on our side. Under Obama, we were arming and supporting rebel groups who were oppressing, torturing, and killing Syrian normies just like ISIS was.