Who’s Winning in Syria?

I wonder who David Ignatius is talking to. He’s ready to proclaim victory over Assad in the rebellion in Syria and onwards to confronting the Al Qaeda rebels whom we would have helped to put in place:

The two tracks — fighting and negotiating — sound good in principle. But the rebels haven’t been strong enough to make either approach work, and the United States hasn’t been ready to provide the necessary additional firepower. There’s more support now for a political settlement at a Geneva 2 conference, but it’s clear that even if Assad leaves, a second Syrian war against al-Qaeda is ahead.

The dominant groups in the rebels clearly meet the definition of Al Qaeda. Explain to me again why we should support the rebellion.

In other Syria news more evidence is surfacing implicating the Assad regime in war crimes. And here’s a timeline of recent action in Syria which really makes me wonder if David Ignatius isn’t getting ahead of himself. Looks to me as though the rebellion is being put down.

In Syria we don’t have a choice between a tyrannical dictator on the one hand and liberal democrats on the other. We have the choice between a tyrannical dictator and violent radical Islamist thugs. Why should we choose one or the other even rhetorically?

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