brotherhood played a huge role

I'm nor surprised reading the following headline news in NY Times. Syrians are brothers/sisters - that bond can't be broken. In Chinese Civil War/Anti-Japanese war, GuoMinDang, GongCunDang, pro-Japan Wang Jing-wei - brotherhood played a huge role as "blood is thicker than water" - never deny that.

My take is the external force will never win. such mass can be cleaned up only by locals. It's waste of time and resources. The US should be out of that region.

 

C.I.A. Arms for Syrian Rebels Are Stolen, Officials Say

By MARK MAZZETTI and ALI YOUNES 2:58 PM ET (NYT)

Weapons are systematically stolen by Jordanian intelligence operatives and sold to arms merchants on the black market, with some believed to have been used last year to kill two Americans and three others, according to American and Jordanian officials.