We all want to believe and do the right thing. I remind myself of that whenever someone disagrees with me. Syria is one of the most complicated conflicts in modern times, with lots of fog and bias everywhere you go, a multiple-dimensioned proxy war as well as a civil war.  The only way around it is to read multiple sources if you have the time.  Even though I complain about the bad job journalists are doing, I have some sympathy for them as well.