Where is the fantasy that the west is winning this war coming from?
Upon what do you base your opinion that Middle East "armies" are performing poorly? The fact that they've never been successfully occupied by any outside force for any extended period of time?
This strange argument that the only way to win a war is on the open battlefield reminds me of British arrogance and pride during the revolutionary war.
We aren't winning this war. We aren't ravaging ISIS. We don't have a victory plan or an exit strategy. It's a quagmire. Russian involvement in the area only ensures we'll never have any hope of winning any sort of victory. We lost this war before it began, and we need to cut our losses.