And sometimes it goes floing (refraction)
And on rare occasions sproing (defraction)

What happened to Tibet again?

Revenue, not income. Income and profits are too easy to hide.

As a european tax payer, I’m all for doubling the aid, regardless of what USA does.

Yeah, that’s the main downside to this: the rebels involve sub-factions of, amongst others, Al Quaeda, and I don’t think having them in charge would be an upgrade.

However, considering the diverse coalition of the ones fighting against Assad at this point, I suspect that Assads replacement would succumb to infighting.