A slice Mrs Clinton, who is believed to have internally advocated for the administration to arm Syrian rebels before she stepped down as secretary of state in January 2013, criticised the lack of assertive action by the Obama administration. “The failure to help build up a credible fighting force” against President Assad, she said, “left a big vacuum, which the jihadists have now filled”. President Obama repeatedly resisted calls in recent years for the US, early in the Syrian civil war, to provide light arms to take on Mr Assad’s regime. Read further @ link. http://www.afr.com/p/world/hillary_clinton_targets_barack_obama_EFSSE9IGjuKbJGx1ceQBVL
