Syrian Rebels Beginning To Feel Betrayed By The West

Rebels in Mayadeen, Syria. David Enders/MCT

Syrian Rebel Leader Feels Betrayed By West’s Failure To Deliver Arms -- McClatchy News

ISTANBUL — Three weeks after the United States and other powers promised “urgent, practical steps” to help Syrian rebel forces tilt the balance on the ground against the government of President Bashar Assad, the top rebel commander says there hasn’t been any progress and his fighters are in “a critical and dangerous” situation.

“We are really in a very critical situation, and we don’t understand why our friends delay and delay and delay and hesitate to support us,” Gen. Salim Idriss, the commander of the Western-backed Supreme Military Council, told McClatchy.

He said rebel forces were receiving between one-tenth and one-twentieth of the arms and ammunition they needed to take on forces loyal to Assad. “Our friends are not acting, just thinking,” he said. “At the end of the day we are not getting any kind of military support. We told them repeatedly what we need. But it is just hopeless.”

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My Comment: It is unfortunate that these Syrian rebels were hoping to receive support from Washington for their cause. From my vantage point President Obama (rhetoric aside) has shown very little interest to get involved in the Syrian civil war. Helping out allies in Turkey and Jordan .... even the U.S. military is there .... but to get involved in a quagmire like Syria .... no one is rushing to take part in that mess.