Quote Originally Posted by carl View Post
No, the easiest thing to do is deal with the government. If there are lots of groups there are lots more chances you can find some pretty good people to work with. But it would take work, imagination, insight, Arabic language skills and it would be dangerous and uncertain.
Is it certain that we need to "work with" someone in Syria? Getting involved in a proxy war is a complicated and risky business... we need to have clear and specific goals and we'd need a plan B if our chosen proxy is unable to do the job. Do we have either?