Mark's words told Charlie that the situation in Syria was much more complicated than he thought.
Those primitive rebels wouldn't be this smart, designing such an elaborate plan that ticked so many boxes.
But with the help of an internationally famous troublemaker like Blackwater, their capabilities would naturally improve exponentially.
It was therefore fortunate he ran into Hamed on the same isle, or the man would have been dead, the Ten Thousand Armies reduced to infamy.
As a patron of Ham