WORLD_ SYRIA_ Terror in Syria: Their Take

Terror in Syria: Their Take

Chicago Tribune
12:00 a.m. EDT, July 10, 2014

Terror in Syria

The last shipments of Syria's declared supplies of chemical weapons are safely ensconced aboard the Cape Ray, a U.S. vessel that will destroy the toxins at sea. That's 1,300 tons of chemical weapons that won't threaten Syrian civilians.

A caveat: The job isn't finished. Syrian President Bashar Assad may have more, undeclared chemical weapons. His government still hasn't dismantled a dozen factories that make such weapons.

But the battle raging in Syria has grown even more complicated since that weapons deal was made. It is not just Damascus vs. the rebels who seek to topple Assad. There is a third major force in this fight, a fast-rising threat to Assad — and to rebels. The Sunni terror group known as ISIL, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, has seized a chunk of Syria and a swath of Iraq.

So is Assad, the enemy of our enemy ISIL, now our friend? Or, at least, is his hold on power now a bitter necessity?

Some things haven't changed. Assad has used chemical weapons against his own people; he's a war criminal. He's a close ally of Hezbollah, sworn enemies of Israel. Giving him a wink and a nod would be a betrayal of the democratic hopes of many Syrians.

The Obama administration proposes a $500 million program to train and arm moderate Syrian rebels. Much of that effort would go to the Free Syrian Army, considered more moderate and secular than other rebel factions. Those rebels remain the best hope for a post-Assad Syria that does not become a terror state.

— Chicago Tribune  



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