Why not to arm the rebels

Paul Johnson, famous British historian and author, has a case to make for America not arming the Syrian rebels.

While researching a new book on America's post-WWII President Dwight Eisenhower, he's found that the former general was very reluctant to intervene in global crises during his presidency. Johnson thinks this was wise because intervention usually fails to produce positive results, in his opinion, though there's often pressure from human rights activists to do something.

There's pressure to provide arms in the Syrian civil war now. But:   a) which group, if any, is democratic? b) any U.S.-backed group may fall to terrorist penetration, c) there's every chance that any weapons we provide will end up in terrorist hands.