Iraq crisis pushing Obama toward alliance with Syria and Iran

Does Washington have the will and wherewithal to forsake the 'moderate opposition' in favor of new dialogue with the Syrian, Iraqi and Iranian regimes?

By Zvi Bar'el | Jun. 29, 2014 | http://www.haaretz.com/news/middle-east/.premium-1.601824

U.S. President Barack Obama made clear his lack of policy on Syria recently in an interview with CBS News in the United States. "The notion that [the Syrian opposition was] in a position to overturn not only Assad but also ruthless, highly trained jihadists if we just sent a few arms is a fantasy,” he said,
It seems Obama was right: sending “a few arms” to the “moderate opposition” wouldn’t have helped, but that wasn’t what the opposition requested.