hypothetical: you're a syrian army conscript. you're in homs right now. your defensive line is about to collapse. do you: a) surrender immediately and chance it with the turkish headchoppers b) head south to damascus to fight another day or defect to slightly safer local revels c) head east to american-backed rebels around palmyra d) head west and be part of a vanguard of an ad hoc alawite state around latakia
DEUS VULT