From where do simple people get the funds to buy weapons?
The most surprising thing about the protests in Syria is … where do ordinary simple people get the funds to buy weapons? How do they have access to so much ammunition? Who is supplying them with these guns and who is funding them?

Does this seem to be normal behavior of outlaws?
If you see the normal behavior of outlaws … at the most what they will do is … hold people hostage
in a supermarket or in a building and press for their demands. That’s the most an outlaw will do to press the government … to get their demands fulfilled.

Protestor behavior in Egypt and Tunisia
If you saw protestor behavior in Egypt and Tunisia … which were actually "democratic" revolutions by the people. There were no guns involved … people didn’t start killing each other. Everything was peaceful … with dialogue … in a democratic way.