"But, he said, the United States and its allies are to blame, for failing repeatedly to deliver on promises to provide assistance as the death toll in Syria, now well over 100,000, steadily mounted." And the person that she cites is notorious (even among the liars and fabricators of the Fee Syrian Army) for his lies. So let me get this straight: the Islamist gangs and bands that came together united because the West was not supporting them? Notice that Fee Syrian Army propagandists try at every corner to urge the West to provide them more support: if only you give us more money and weapons, the radicals would become so moderate. And you have to be Liz Sly to parrot such propaganda.