Do you guys think that the rebels will seek to drive the pro-Assad rump state into the sea, or just let it be?
They will be as merciful to Assad's rump state as the Libyan thugs were to Gaddafi's rump state, assuming they have the means to do so.
I know the rebels weren't innocent, but you're really trying to portray them as the bad guys here?
"the" implies that one of the sides was not guilty.
The problem is that American liberals tend to view rebels in these conflicts in a rosy light that leads them to blindly support intervention in these foreign lands. While they may well be better than the dictators that they are seeking to oust, the rebels in Libya and Syria are still seriously questionable sorts.
