The bottom line is that Assad has no interest in winning. The man who now holds himself up as civilization’s last bulwark against the Islamic State is also the last man who wants to see it eliminated.
关键在于阿萨德没有取胜的意愿。这个现在自命为文明对抗伊斯兰国最后一道屏障的人最不愿意看到恐怖组织被消灭的结果。