First, I don't have much sympathy for the opponents to Assad. They were the ones who rose up in rebellion. They had the object example of what had happened to those in Hama who rebelled in 1982. Rebellion meant the country is now destroyed, millions displaced and hundreds of thousands dead.

Second, why is there no talk of going after those who helped to incite and support the rebellion? Should the Western powers be taken to task? What about those Saudis and Gulf Arabs?

I am so angry at what has happened to Syria because of outside meddling. Assad was educated in the West and is seemingly a nice guy but don't push him. A couple of decades and the situation may have improved for most if not all. Now, the country is in shambles with a massive diaspora in the West.