You’re wrong. Those protests are for real.
Oh, they are out there. And planned in Langley & (possibly) Israel. I'm not in the habit of defending Obama, but remember when he wouldn't "support" the protests there last time? It is obvious that the US didn't want to appear to be trying to overthrow the government (which we obviously were trying to do).
And, why do demonstrations have to lead to the overthrow of a government?
The Syria thing is a fiasco. The Yemen atrocities are wrong. Sorry. This stinks. We elected Trump to stop this nonsense.