This is worth reading, too: http://frontpagemag.com/2012/joseph-klein/obama-gives-his-blessing-to-islamist-dominated-syrian-rebels/
Takeaway quote: “According to the co-founder of the medical
charity Doctors Without Borders, Dr. Jacques Beres, who treated Syrian
rebels in the city of Aleppo, about half of the rebels he treated
were jihadists, many of whom were foreigners. “It’s really something
strange to see. They are directly saying that they aren’t interested in
Bashar Assad’s fall, but are thinking about how to take power afterward
and set up an Islamic state with Sharia law to become part of the world
Emirate,” Dr. Beres told Reuters.
strange to see. They are directly saying that they aren’t interested in
Bashar Assad’s fall, but are thinking about how to take power afterward
and set up an Islamic state with Sharia law to become part of the world
Emirate,” Dr. Beres told Reuters.