(CNN) Five years after President Barack Obama first called for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, the last American ambassador to that war-torn country issued a scathing criticism of U.S. policy. "The United States does not have leverage to forge a consensus," Robert Ford told CNN's Clarissa Ward, sitting in for Christiane Amanpour. JUST WATCHED U.S.: 'There is leverage' in Syria Replay More Videos ... MUST WATCH U.S.: 'There is leverage' in Syria 07:20Ford said that the administration had a "myopic" focus on ISIS. "The Islamic State is a problem, but the Islamic State came out of the broader problem of the Syrian civil war. And it really isn't going to be solved outside the context, outside a larger solution to the Syrian civil war."

Source: CNN August 17, 2016 22:30 UTC