Peace is just around the corner..... Just a few thousand more troops..... Stay the course.....
As far as I can tell, This US soldier that was killed in Manbij was the 3rd US soldier killed in Syria. It is correct that Obama supported by McCain and some others financed by ME oil interests started this. However, Iran and Assad both are supporters of Islamic Terrorists. Have been for many many years. Obama started this for the wrong reasons, he wanted to put in place a Califate headed by Muslim Haters. That is why Obama and Erdogan were bestest buddies. Same stupid move in Libya and they tried in Egypt. The Syrian Kurds and the associated local Arab militias have almost eliminated ISIS. Until Erdogan the Islamist stepped in and removed the focus.
Assad? Any honest look at the history of his family and his past will show he is a cruel brutal dictator. He is an Alawite, but he has partnered with the Iranian Mullahs and Russia. Iran is the only thing that kept him in power. And Iran only did it because they hate Israel. If Iran gets a nuke and a delivery system, they will try to Nuke Israel.
So here we are. The is not about "the democratically elected government of Syria".