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Dire qu’il y a quelques mois, évoquer l’importance de la présence salafiste en Syrie relevait de la pure hérésie ; et parler d’Al Qaeda était totalement inadmissible.
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She added: “Having said all that, Assad is still killing. The opposition is increasingly being represented by Al Qaeda extremist elements.” She also said that the opposition was getting messages from the ungoverned areas in Pakistan where some of the Qaeda leadership was believed to be hiding — a development she called “deeply distressing.”

Tu pourrais (légitimement) penser que si ce sont les États-Unis qui « créent » une opposition syrienne, alors cette opposition ne serait pas très légitime. Évidemment ça n’est pas comme cela que pensent les étatsuniens :
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In an interview last week, Mrs. Clinton declined to comment on her role in the arms debate and emphasized other steps the United States had taken. “We have worked assiduously, first to create some kind of legitimate opposition,” she said.

In Behind-Scene Blows and Triumphs, Sense of Clinton Future
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Last summer, as the fighting in Syria raged and questions about the United States’ inaction grew, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton conferred privately with David H. Petraeus, the director of the C.I.A. The two officials were joining forces on a plan to arm the Syrian resistance.
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The idea was to vet the rebel groups and train fighters, who would be supplied with weapons. The plan had risks, but it also offered the potential reward of creating Syrian allies with whom the United States could work, both during the conflict and after President Bashar al-Assad’s eventual removal.

Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Petraeus presented the proposal to the White House, according to administration officials. But with the White House worried about the risks, and with President Obama in the midst of a re-election bid, they were rebuffed.