Classy & Nayia, I think you're both at extreme ends of the spectrum.
Classy - it's a good thing to have a healthy skepticism of our Western governments. There have been too many times in recent history where our governments have done really bad things in the Middle East (and across the globe), quite often lying about it before the truth comes out. Regime change (Mossadiq), WMDS, etc. And don't forget these are horrible bastards like Trump and the Tories in charge at the moment, they don't give a damn about screwing over their own people, they don't suddenly turn into benevolent Gandhi types when it comes to getting their way in the Middle East. It doesn't make someone a conspiracy theorist for acknowledging as much.
Nayia - same applies to Middle Eastern leaders - just because the Middle East has been on the receiving end of a lot shit from the West in the past, doesn't mean their leaders are always the victims and its the West that are always the bad guys. Assad's done some nasty shit in his time - this isn't beyond him.