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Obama must increase support for Syrian rebels 

http://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/4596157-viewpoint-obama-must-increase-support-for-syrian-rebels/ 

As the terrorist group ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) rampages across Iraq, the illogic of President Barack Obama's reluctance to help the moderate opposition in neighbouring Syria becomes ever clearer. The Syrian Free Army wants to fight the jihadists. But as ISIS consolidated gains in Iraq last week, the moderates were being pounded by Syrian dictator Bashar Assad — and lacked the weapons to fight back.

Obama has had two primary answers when challenged on his inaction. One is that the moderate rebels just weren't up to the job. The other is that his diplomacy at least has succeeded in depriving Assad of his chemical weapons. Now, as Assad again uses such weapons and stalls on his promise to give up his arsenal, that accomplishment is in doubt...

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