From what I can observe, one of Western foreign policy's most effective strategies in these volatile protest situations is tempting the forces of the government towards that aggressive path so that they can then condemn the government's entire handling of the conundrum as one big "human rights violation" when images eventually return to Western media sources of "non-violent" and "non-agitative" demonstrators bleeding in the streets. It happened with Gaddafi as well, and in due time afterward did Clinton send America's jets to bomb his homeland once the revolt now had a "justification" for "self-defense" of its movement through armed struggle. They masquerade as peaceful victims while destroying their land so that then, when they finally become "victims" of proper justice, their cause may be seen as righteous and defensive in the eyes of the subversive West, which drools like a dog at the sight of such opportunities for leadership change.