Sure he is. Is Al-Queda, which is driving these rebels, even worse? Damn right it is.
Support Assad or stay out of the game is my view. And on second thought - we knew Saddam had chemical weapons (WMD's) and we knew he had used them on his own people - these are indisputable facts. Yet somehow Iraq bad, Syria good?
Why, because Bush was running the first war and Obama is running this one? To hell with Syria. Keep Assad in power and he can keep Al-Queda and Muslim Brotherhood out of the picture.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.