So Obama was given permission to arm,train, and finance rebels we can't be sure of? How's that going to work when the ones we were sure of, like ISIS, have created such a mess? They didn't even grow brains and decide to work with Assad and his military toward a common goal.
The Sultan in Washington is sure of them. He knows where the aid is going. He needs to offset the desultory air attacks he was forced to make on his friends.
Things get strange when a great nation chooses someone from among its enemies to be its ruler.