Surely Assads military capability is no threat, when our glorious leader is only suggesting joining Assad in fighting the IS scum ? Perhaps the arrival of Putins pilots in theatre might make the pollies think about their "military posture" ? I doubt we need to add Russia to our list of targets in the region. I do though hope the Russians deploy big, and annihilate IS, like a plague of vermin, we can do without them all.
Smudge