In all honesty this is why the term "critical support" is used, i.e. the individual is not an angel but is opposed to western advances that would have left Syria desolate/destroyed and in the hands of regressive terrorist groups that are even more reactionary towards various groups. i.e. Gadaffi was taken out in Libya and the Arab Spring happened and then suddenly there were open air human slave markets selling women and children in areas of Egypt and Libya is a good example of what happens when "western liberation" occurs in the Middle East and is why "critical support" is oriented towards understanding that things could be EVEN WORSE.
In all honesty this is why the term "critical support" is used, i.e. the individual is not an angel but is opposed to western advances that would have left Syria desolate/destroyed and in the hands of regressive terrorist groups that are even more reactionary towards various groups. i.e. Gadaffi was taken out in Libya and the Arab Spring happened and then suddenly there were open air human slave markets selling women and children in areas of Egypt and Libya is a good example of what happens when "western liberation" occurs in the Middle East and is why "critical support" is oriented towards understanding that things could be EVEN WORSE.