The last thing Syrians need is more arms going to either side

 'Rather than the combatants' benefactors, 24 million Syrians are victims of the escalating arms deliveries to all sides.'

 It is a slander on the Syrian revolutionaries for Charles Glass to compare them with a government that is firing Scud missiles at its own citizens.

 Forming a Non-intervention Committee was a way in the 30s to make sure that the Spanish Republicans didn't get the arms they needed to defend themselves against the fascists.