"Any thinking, caring person would."
I believe you to be neither,
You have suggested a way Assad could be helped continue his hold over his people - riot control equipment (still neither explained nor withdrawn - or even referred to - by you, so still your only practical suggestion on the subject).
You have excused Britain having sold him military equipment - by denying the fact that it happened - by minimising the effect of the sale... and numerous other contradictory excuses.
You have desperately attempted to prevent discussion on one of the most fundamental aspects of this whole affair - the sale of arms to tyranical dictators - by describing it as "I hate Britain" thread drift.
You have questioned offering practical assistance to the Syrian people to oppose Assad by suggesting that they pose a threat to others should his regime be overthrown.
You have opposed every suggestion of practical assistance made here and offered none of your own (apart from the riot control equipment, of course).
Not a great deal of either compassion or thought there in spite of all the breast-beating and crocodile tears.
Jim Carroll