No. Assad is a murderer on an industrial scale. The work of the Arab Spring must be completed. We are where we are because after Assad's own citizens rose up to depose him, he responded by gunning them down in the streets and torturing to death the children of perceived opponents. That led to civil war, which is where we are now. Assad is the bad guy. Whatever happens, and whoever comes after, Assad must go and be prosecuted for war crimes.