Thank you for this honest and heartfelt assessment of the tragic situation in the Levant. I'm with you entirely on this; throughout my teaching career I was constantly encouraging my students (at an all-black university, where I as a European American was teaching) to "acknowledge complexity." It is difficult to be sure, but absolutely essential to do so if we are ever to rise above the kinds of hateful tribalism that give rise to these kinds of atrocities against innocent men, women, and above all, children,. Blessings upon you.