Originally Posted by Hitch

Well, I think most are not "pretending" that this isn't part of a larger war within Islam. Saudi Arabia is the biggest sponsor of the opposition groups. Simply put, do you as a matter of principal, want the Assad regime gotten rid of or not. Let alone all the politics, let alone whether the opposition might have equally crazy elements. Because if not, say what you might about violence, but human beings dead in the 100,000s? And this in 2013 after having been through so many genocides? That is a tragedy.