President Obama's Syria policy is giving unintended benefits – to the enemy. The Guardian reports that our bombing campaign in Syria is driving some anti-Assad rebels into the waiting arms of the Islamic State.  The defectors include members of the "moderate" Free Syrian Army – you know, the guys we were going to train and arm. US air strikes in Syria are encouraging anti-regime fighters to forge alliances with or even defect to Islamic State (Isis), according to a series of interviews conducted by the Guardian. Fighters from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) and Islamic military groups are joining forces with Isis, which has gained control of swaths of Syria and Iraq and has beheaded six western hostages in the past few months. Some brigades have transferred their allegiance, while others are forming tactical alliances or truces. Support among civilians also appears to be growing in some areas as a result of resentment over US-led military...(Read Full Post)