Best Quote by Marco Rubio

You cannot defeat Islamic State with airstrikes only. It's necessary to cooperate with ground troops, and the Syrian army is the most efficient and…

— Sergei Lavrov

It's - getting Assad out is not the only priority. And so what we're trying to do is obviously defeat ISIS.

— Nikki Haley

There is no doubt Assad deserves every missile we fire at him, but there's one big problem with air strikes - there is absolutely…

— Chris Murphy

The United States of America should be prepared to use military force to strike military targets of the Assad regime.

— Mike Pence

In my view, airstrikes without an effective ground force are unlikely to make any meaningful contribution to defeating Isis.

— Keir Starmer

If you want to hear arguments against deploying a big U.S. ground force in Syria, just ask a general.

— David Ignatius

Should we choose to extend our airstrikes into Syria, we will be doing this in the collective self-defence of Iraq. We would be doing…

— Tony Abbott

No disarmament regime is foolproof, and it was always understood that Assad likely hid some elements of his chemical weapons production capacity from inspectors.

— Tom Malinowski

Assad is not the greatest ally to have.

— Chrystia Freeland

Assad is the president of Syria. He enjoys fairly effective control over his country.

— Ehud Olmert

You want to bring the Assad regime down? You have to beat the Russians and the Iranians in Syria. That is not going to…

— Rashid Khalidi

Listen, Mr. President, there's a no-fly zone in Syria. You fly in, it applies to you. And, yes, we would shoot down the planes…

— Chris Christie