‘Ridiculously photogenic Syrian soldier': A weapon of mass seduction

 'Last year’s successful overthrow of Libyan dictator Muammar al-Qaddafi turned Libya’s rebels with a cause into international sex symbols. Now Syrian rebels are getting the star treatment, with one particularly dashing combatant starring in his ...'

 I see Obama's calling it a sectarian conflict (Assad and his backers would like to make it so), and the BBC seem to be following suit.