>Despite assad's violence, the Revolution remained largely peaceful for several months. It became a full-blown war almost a year after it began Please clarify

>Despite assad's violence, the Revolution remained largely peaceful for several months. It became a full-blown war almost a year after it began Please clarify how this is possible. I don't see how this narrative can be correct. First two protesters were killed 18 March 2011 (Hussam Abdel Wali Ayyash and Akram Jawabreh.) Then already in March 23, 2011 two another men who were killed (Sa’er Yahya Merhej and Habeel Anis Dayoub) were part of the Syrian Arab Army and not civilians. It seems that initially peaceful protests turned into violent almost immediately because they were hijacked by organized militants. Armed gunmen were already moving into Syria long before the protests. http://www.innercitypress.com/LASomSyria.pdf http://www.innercitypress.com/LASomSyria.pdf According to the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria, 2,569 Syrian government forces were killed by March 2012 while total number of people killed was 5,000.