A Facebook quote from a good friend:
So… If we’re going to give the Syrian Rebels guns or other weapons, each recipient should have to go through the same background check proposed to be done on US citizens since the equipment they are getting is from the US.
I don’t suspect “Terrorist” and “mass murderer” [WARNING: GRAPHIC LINK] would endear themselves to the authorities running the background checks.
reality is not optional 
And where is the real proof that Assad attacked his own people by using chemical weapons? Let’s not forget that his father had muslim extremists executed.