Comrade Amer wrote this on Facebook (my translation): ("I am not surprised at the conflict between the armed groups that are loyal to Al-Qa`idah and others in Syria. What surprises me is the polarization that was born of this conflict and the new definition that cares to distinguish between "the criminal and extreme" ISSI--and the "moderate groups", as if the two sides are fighting over civil liberties and women's rights. For things to be clear, there are now two kind of groups fighting in Syria: groups, like ISSI, which are Wahhabi Salafite opposed to the Saudi regime, and other organizations like Ahrar Ash-Sham and Liwa' Al-Islam and Liwa' At-Tawhid and Liwa' Al-Faruq which are Wahhabi Salafite aligned with the Saudi regime. Pick whoever you choose as long as you insist on jumping in to the trench. If you wish to rely on fair and clear criteria regarding the civil nature of those groups, I have my own litmus test which I call the "civil choice": If I were a Syrian civilian, and it so happened that I am born a `Alawite, and I passed at a checkpoint of any of those groups, which of them would NOT capture me and kill me on the spot?")