Both Mr. Roth and you have a simplistic view of a complex issue.  You both write like there are two sides in conflict in Syria.  Of course, that is not the case.  There is the Asaad government...yes , we know that.  There is ISIS...Islamic extremists fighting to gain control of Syria and, in fact, all of the Muslim world. Then, there are the Syrian "nationalists"....who are fighting against both the Asaad government and ISIS.  You lump them with ISIS......they are not allied with ISIS.  We have been assisting this faction as they battle both ISIS and the Asaad regime.  You repeatedly use the term "killer rebels" to refer to both the anti-government rebels AND ISIS........that is precisely what Asaad and Russia would have people believe.  I would suggest it is not what the people of Syria believe.  Gary Crum