A UN source sent me this: "Did you read this? He is advocating for tolerance to the high risk of diversion and relief aid falling in the hands of rebels including groups like Al-Nusra and his logic is that lack of assistance is making people turn to Al-Nusra. His evidence? this one person who told him, the west is not assisting us so I will make an Islamic army and kill these people! Don't you find this to be a typical reaction of people in need of assistance? Of course he speaks of lessons from other emergencies, but the July war is not one of them when the US imposed conditions for fear assistance goes to people affiliated with Hezbollah, but of course, that does not count.
"In Syria today, there is further disillusionment with the West. During a visit to Turkey’s border with Syria, I saw how violence and hatred in rebel-held areas were being fed more by the shortage of relief than by its provision. A young man who had just come from the devastated city of Aleppo told me: “People like Western civilization. It’s, like, ‘I love this person. But when I had a big trouble, he didn’t help me. So I was wrong. I should go to my religion and have more faith in my region.’ So I can say, ‘We will make an Islamic army and kill these people. We are human too!’ That is why people are supporting Al Nusra” — an organization with links to Al Qaeda."
"In Syria today, there is further disillusionment with the West. During a visit to Turkey’s border with Syria, I saw how violence and hatred in rebel-held areas were being fed more by the shortage of relief than by its provision. A young man who had just come from the devastated city of Aleppo told me: “People like Western civilization. It’s, like, ‘I love this person. But when I had a big trouble, he didn’t help me. So I was wrong. I should go to my religion and have more faith in my region.’ So I can say, ‘We will make an Islamic army and kill these people. We are human too!’ That is why people are supporting Al Nusra” — an organization with links to Al Qaeda."
