In the same article, Ms. Barnard complain that the regime did not fight ISIS in the past:
"Government critics, and increasingly some supporters, complain that President Bashar al-Assad’s forces allowed the foreign-led ISIS to gain strength and establish its proto-state over the past year".
But then Ms. Barnad complain that the regime is now bombing ISIS: "Another potential pitfall is that attacks on the ISIS stronghold in the city of Raqqa, a provincial capital of 500,000, could kill many civilians and risk increasing support for the group among Syria’s Sunni Muslim majority." I have never seen a more striking case of damn if you do and damn if you don't. If only Ms. Barnard would tell us what she wants the Syrian regime to do.
"Government critics, and increasingly some supporters, complain that President Bashar al-Assad’s forces allowed the foreign-led ISIS to gain strength and establish its proto-state over the past year".
But then Ms. Barnad complain that the regime is now bombing ISIS: "Another potential pitfall is that attacks on the ISIS stronghold in the city of Raqqa, a provincial capital of 500,000, could kill many civilians and risk increasing support for the group among Syria’s Sunni Muslim majority." I have never seen a more striking case of damn if you do and damn if you don't. If only Ms. Barnard would tell us what she wants the Syrian regime to do.
