But this will not change the position of those liberals and leftists who have supported the Syrian regime or have remained silent.  The formers because they prefer a "secular", "Western-oriented", "liberal" (and neoliberal) man (and his wife) to those long-bearded men. The latters who think that there are a few progressive elements in the Syrian regime worth defending, and the Russian state, is a counter balance to western imeprialism.

War crimes evidence in Syria 'overwhelming'