General John Allen's remarks against Syrian President Bashar�al-Assad show Washington is�desperate�to overthrow the government in Damascus, says former CIA contractor Steven Kelley.

In a recent interview with ABC News, Allen,�the US envoy for the so-called anti-Daesh coalition,�said, �Syria is never going to be solved militarily. Syria has got to be solved at a political level. Syria has got to have a political transition away from Bashar al-Assad.�

�He can�t be part of the solution,� Allen claimed. �What I recommend is that we focus on a political transition that removes Assad and removes the leadership and the manner in which he has led this conflict.�

Kelley said Allen�s statement �shows certain desperation, it shows that this farce of fighting ISIS had nothing to do with the terrorists but only the removal of Assad.�

�Now that the Russians are moving in, certainly this is becoming very critical and obviously their window of opportunity is going away, and certainly Israel is getting very upset,� he told Press TV on Tuesday.

�When [Gen. Allen] claims that this is never going to be solved militarily, that means that the US-ISIS mercenaries can�t do the job,� he noted.

�After hundreds of phony airstrikes designed only to weaken Assad, he [Allen] says we�re not done yet, meaning that they can�t wait to do what they did to Libya,� Kelly added.

Syrian forces under the command of President Assad have restlessly been battling Daesh (ISIL) terrorists on different fronts throughout the war-ravaged country.

The US and its allies have conducted hundreds of airstrikes against the Takfiris in Syria for about a year but to no avail.

Washington has expressed concern over reports of "an imminent enhanced Russian military buildup" in Syria.

By Press TV