The media hated the Shah. He got ousted and replaced by Khomeini.
The media hated Mubarak. He got ousted and replaced by the Muslim Brotherhood.
Assad is a bad man. There -- I said it. But he is secular. If he goes, the Islamic religious extremists will take power. I guess the media supports theocracy.
And oh by the way -- US involvement in Syria would provide a wonderful excuse for Iran to do the unthinkable. The media is stuck in a knee-jerk "I'll feel good about myself if I help chase this bad man away" mode.
We pursue childish policies under the Boy King.
100% correct.
Syria also has a significant Christian community, who own a lot of property, and Syrian is also host to a large number of Iraqi Christian refugees, living on charity.
What will happen to them if these Saudi-backed extremists take over? They will be dispossed and killed. I suppose the Christian Iraqi refugees won't feel it as badly, having been dispossesed already, they only need to be killed.