[Kerry] said Assad has “purposefully” facilitated the rise of extremism to present himself as a Western ally against radicals.
“He’s been doing this for months — trying to make himself the protector of Syria against extremists, when he himself has even been funding some of those extremists,” Kerry said.
He accused Assad of “purposefully ceding some territory to them in order to make them more of a problem so he can make the argument that he is somehow the protector.” .... http://www.moonofalabama.org
