"The Free Syrian Army is basically a fax machine in Turkey!"

Laura Rosen interviews 3/4 'Syria (objective) experts': Convict Elliot Abrams, Radwan (who?) Ziadeh and a third proponent of 'bomb, bomb, bomb!'

"...Yahoo News interviewed four experts about what they think the United States should do next on Syria. All interviews were conducted via phone unless otherwise specified.

Elliott Abrams:
'First, I think we should do one thing we have done: denounce the Russians and Chinese. Secondly, I think we should be helping at least indirectly the Free Syrian Army and the Syrian National Council... they need arms....help the people who are fighting.
Bruce Jentleson (via email):
'Flood the zone—Do lots short of military intervention: tighten sanctions, keep naming and shaming Russia and China, provide refugee relief. Don't arm the opposition, but don't kill ourselves stopping others from doing so if they so choose. No boots on the ground--but perhaps some Nikes on the ground (as there likely already are, whether US/French/Turkish or other)...'
Radwan Ziadeh:
'our main focus right now is to establish a Friends of Syria international coalition. Such an international contact group on Syria--like the one formed on Libya ... it is important to move without [a UN Security Council resolution] to pursue the idea of an international coalition on Syria. It's the only way right now.'

Marc Lynch: head of the Middle East studies program at George Washington University, and frequent consultant to the Obama administration on Middle East policy:
'...As far as this idea of a serious growing armed opposition around Syria, I think  people exaggerate its integrity and unity. It seems to be made up of local movements, local organizations, with no unified leadership. ... The Free Syrian Army is basically a fax machine in Turkey. My real fear is that everyone seems to be moving in the direction of [believing the Syrian opposition] has not been given enough weapons--that they are outgunned. There is money everywhere, guns everywhere. The thing that will tip the military balance is not more AK-47s, it's going to be anti-tank missiles, secure communications. That is the direction this is probably going to go.[...]