Also, "At the same time, the opposition groups that the Obama administration has designated as the legitimate representatives of the Syrian people appear to have grown weaker, in part because of their tenuous ties to many of the rebel fighters inside the country and because of the lukewarm support they have received from the West." Ms. Barnard would tell you, like the propaganda line of the Fee Syrian Army, that the Islamist fanatics are winning because the FSA did not get as much support as Ms. Barnard would have liked.