Arming Syrian Rebels

AP sources: US close to OK on arming Syrian rebels

This gets difficult. Pro-democracy like ... ? Egypt? The USA? Turkey? Venezuela?

"The administration has been studying for months how to rebalance Syria's war so that moderate, pro-democracy rebels defeat the regime or make life so difficult for Assad and his supporters that the government decides it must join a peace process that entails a transition away from the Assad family's four-decade dictatorship."

Are we the new Western Power shaping the Middle East? Is anyone fearful how it will turn out?

The USA may have acted in the Middle East as it did in Latin America-support governments rather than people. Have we thought this through? I'd like to see some thoughtful, logical analyses of the options considered...