The American cute dance with the Syrian Islamist rebels

First we were told that the US government would not deal with the Islamists among the Syrian rebels.  We were assured that the gangs of the Fee Syrian Army, many of whom are Islamists themselves, are staunch secularists and they recite Voltaire before looting homes and engaging in sectarian kidnappings.  Then the lie was exposed and Gen. Dr. Engineer, Salim Idriss (the idol of David Ignatious and John McCain) fled to Qatar and then to Turkey.  Now we are being told that the US government would after all deal with Islamist Syrian rebels provided that they are not tied to Al-Qa`idah: "The Obama administration is willing to consider supporting an expanded Syrian rebel coalition that would include Islamist groups, provided the groups are not allied with al-Qaeda and agree to support upcoming peace talks in Geneva, a senior U.S. official said Thursday."  Next you will hear that the US government will be willing to deal with Al-Qa`idah elements in Syria provided they belong to a "reformist wing" of Al-Qa`idah.