Three trends among progressives on Syria

There are real divisions among progressives regarding the attitude to the uprising in Syria.  I can, from even communicating with people I know, discern three trends.  One trend supports the regime on the count that the enemies of the Syrian regime (Israel, US, Saudi Arabia, etc) are the enemies of all progressives and that a real conspiracy is targeting the Syrian regime not for its repression but for its stance on Israel.  Many progressives among the SSNP take this stance, for example.  Another strend holds that the Syrian regime should not be spared regardless of its stance toward Israel, which is weak at best, and that support for Arab uprisings should be universal regardless of the verbal pronouncements of the regime.  This trends faults those who refuse to speak out against the Syrian regime for fear of sounding like the rhetoric of the Arab counter-revolution which is mangaged by GCC and is opposed to the Syrian regime.  I count myself as part of the 3rd trend: a trend that opposes the Syrian regime and calls for its overthrow but also agrees that there is indeed a plot by the Arab counter-revolution in Syria.  This trend is also deeply suspicious of the dominant movement in the Syrian opposition (the Muslim Brotherhood and their liberal clients), and view them as tools of Saudi policy in the region.  Members of the second trend disagree and consider any criticisms of the Syrian opposition to be distracting and diversionary, and even unfair.  Members of the 1st trend use the connection and ideology of the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood to discredit the entire opposition movement in Syria.