Unlike Aleppo : As airstrikes against ISIS fail , Washington should look to Syrian Kurds . Free Syrian Army is strongest force in northern , eastern Syria , he says ; Kurds rivals are weakened . He says Islamist eager to fight , can supply the kind of order ISIS brings to conquered cities . Because , as President Bill Clinton famously quipped , `` It 's the economy , stupid . '' Barfi : Do n't rely on Free Syrian Army ; Kurds ' objectives more in line with Washington 's .
Unlike Aleppo : As airstrikes against ISIS fail , Washington should look to Syrian Kurds . Free Syrian Army is strongest force in northern , eastern Syria , he says ; Kurds rivals are weakened . He says Islamist eager to fight , can supply the kind of order ISIS brings to conquered cities . Barfi : Do n't rely on Free Syrian Army ; Kurds ' objectives more in line with Washington 's .