Assad has racked up a body count that dwarfs ISIS efforts at killing people. Even before the Arab Spring, the Assad regime ruled by murder and fear. With the civil war, which actually began when the Assad regime began gunning down protestors in the streets, the Assad regime has dispensed with any pretense and now operates death camps for political opponents, civilians and fighters. Your ridiculous and chauvinistic assessment of the political/philosophical capabilities of the Arab nation says more about your ignorance than it does about the middle east.