Syrian repression

The savagery of the Syrian regime has given the Syrian people the right to mount an armed rebellion against it.  But no Arab government can be trusted in that effort (they are NATO clients, those regimes), and no Arab government really cares about the welfare of the Syrian people.  And armed Arab groups, like Hamas and Hizbullah, are aligned with the Syrian regime although both organizations have been silent as of late.  Indicatively, even the pro-Syrian regime newspaper, As-Safir, has published critical articles by its publisher, Talal Salman.  The Syrian regime also benefits from the unity of the armed forces: defections have been scant and minimal and security agencies continue with the brutal crackdown with little organizational fissures.  It is unclear how things will turn out in Syria:  the regime--rightly or wrongly--seems to operate on the assumption that a large sector of the population is on its side.  There is a class element: many pro-regime websites and some Syrians on FB refer to protesters as "Abu Shahhatah" (literally, Father of slippers but a reference to the "low class status" of protesters).   Don't trust Turkey: it may not be coincidental that the crackdown in Syria intensified after the visit of Turkish foreign minister.  The Syrian people are alone: I don't count Saudi exploitation of the Syrian situation, or the American, as indication of solidarity.  It is much worse than that.  Those would sell the Syrian people and even add fuel to repression and gunfire if Syria offers them foreign policy concessions.