February 15, 2012 | Quote
In Growing Syria Crisis, Obama has Few Options
“As the Obama administration agonizes over arming the opposition, the arming is already happening,” said Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a Washington think tank whose members are often associated with neoconservative views.
“They need to get in on it and supervise that framework and have a measure of control and influence. You don't want it to proliferate with the U.S. completely in the dark.”