HOUSE OVERSIGHT 028694 support other parallel solutions, including the political one. But FSA [has] become a jungle. ... My recommendation is ... to start working on elite [forces that can] ... initiate key attacks plus help as a buffer from potential warlords and fights among fragmented FSA factions. Plus, this unit can handle other key tasks, like securing chemical weapons." This Syrian strategist argues in another memo that the rebels must "speak to the silent majority, many who did not care about the revolution, and they want their life back." He said that such a negotiated settlement requires more pressure on the United States, Russia and the United Nations "to find a way out of the deadlock." Article 5 Foreign Policy Why Does Europe Pretend Hezbollah Has a Good Side? Matthew Levitt