Tartare
If you really feel so passionate about the rebel's cause, why don't you join them on the ground? From what you say, they need all the help they can get and would really appreciate your tactical military advice.
I would rather send a thousand willing volunteers like yourself, than a single British or US serviceman - who will have no choice in the matter.
It's a total mess. Lets keep our boys and girls well out of it. We don't want any more body bags from yet another religious conflict.