the account mr. roth just gave is only one of two or three competing narratives. -- and in war,s innocents die -- he says the russians joined with the syrians in deliberate war crimes. this is based on very selective reports that come from sources that cannot be verified -- for example, the white helmet man that you had testified to this did not tell us how he knew that, how he observed it, how he escaped with his own life. moreover, there are people who doubt the reports that come from the white helmets, that they have an agenda. so the rest of us are left trying to weigh the different narratives. mr. roth is an extreme set of accusations. what cements -- what samantha power said at the united nations over a long period of time cannot be taken at face value because she has performed are not as ambassador, but a propagandist for certain point of view. the problem here is, what is the alternative to ending the siege of aleppo? , andyou, amy, mr. roth "the new york times," have dropped the word jihadist and