The US has already lost. Years of ineffectual blundering and bizarre, humiliating statements like "we don't have a plan yet" on their part. Now Putin steps in, the model of decisiveness and conviction, to clean up the mess.
Because America still hasnt fucking learned 2 things from over a decade of war in the Middle East:
1) Its hypocritical as fuck to pick and choose which oppressive regimes to support
2) Removing leaders that, although oppressive, are lynchpins in maintaining stability in a region is an awful fucking idea.