and now a sample of the hilarious journalism of the Economist on Syria: on how the Syrian rebels took matters into their own hands

ON SYRIA’S 360km-long border with Jordan, rebel fighters are not waiting for anyone else to come and clobber Bashar Assad’s regime; they are resolved to do it themselves."  And then a few paragraphs later you read this:  " This offensive is the fruit of months of preparation, and the result of quietly intensified efforts by the rebels’ main supporters, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and America’s CIA, which is providing some arms."  So they are doing it themselves but with the help of USA, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Jordan?