On the Fact that (According to Antiwar.com's Scott Horton) Syria's President, Assad, Seemingly Had the Support of the Alawites, the Shiites, the Druze, and Even a Decent Chunk of the Sunnis but Because Our "Friends" in that Area (the Israelis and the Saudis, Especially) Wanted Him Jettisoned We of Course Complied and the Rest Is History

Yeah, it wasn't so much that these groups loved the guy but rather the fact they recognized Assad as a more or less secular leader and quite conceivably the only barrier between them and the decapitators.......Until, that is, we came along. Nice going, Hillary, McCain, Graham, etc..