I agree with the sentiment but I think that is precisely what got people supporting this interventions in the first place that ended up causing more and more problems in the first place.
People think that you have to stand up against this "evil dictators" because of moral grounds but then fail to see that could ended up being completely worse in the short and long run. How did take down Saddam worked for Iraq? What about Gaddafi in Lybia? How it is working trying to take down Assad by arming "moderate guerrillas" or bombing civilians as well?
There is no moral high ground to were to judge anyone, Assad is a dictator, yes. The US is also basically using horrible tactics to basically take him down and put a puppet government like they have always done in the past. The US has made deals with terrible dictators in the past as long as they serve to their needs, so lets not try to make a case against Assad based on Human rights because the people that push for foreign policies can't care less about that and just use this type of discussion as political coverage.
Currently the US has given Russia more and more reign and has become truly soft on Assad
before the intervention, Assad was massacring his people, shelling them, imprisoning them, torturing them, etc...
Assad opens curroriodrs so that he can ambush civilians
Assad also tosses in propaganda day in and day out lying about his atrocitieis while some people gobble it up
regardless of intervention and no intervention this lunatic Bashar has wiped out 400,000 lives
he isn't here to make amends and discussion he is here to wipe out all opposition and disagreement
his army is made of foreign fighters and prisoners he has no care for his people
he was a minority ruling over a majority, and so he wouldn't even blink of wiping them all away out of existence
These civilians, while sitting in the destroyed homes get psychologically hammered
they see the rest of the world doing nothing
they see reports of the so called West now doing discussion with their killers and the UN abiding by Russian laws
of course these people would have mental issues, of course they would be in the mental pits, far beyond anything that you and I will experience.
Getting rid of Assad isn't even a question. It is a means to an end. Instead of fearing a vacuum from occurring which would of course happen to those who literally can't trust anyone as they've been in a siege for 5 bloody years with no help or hope. What should be done after is giving them mental aid, re schooling for their youth, safety and stability.
The problem with most wars is that we bomb shit and then leave it alone expecting the people who are at their lowest in their lives to independently bring themselves up again
that is indeed foolish.