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{weblog_name} - What if Syria’s Assad Does Lose Power?
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Peace with Israel will not be on the way. Hezbollah might still be receiving weapons freely. Western businessmen will not be building new hotels. Cultural delegations will not be heading to the United States. Islamists may gain a foothold. So much for the optimistic scenario of the outcome of the street revolutions now gripping and spreading throughout President Bashar el-Assad’s Syria. Despite now daily protests increasingly met with violent military response by snipers, tanks and occupation troops, Assad remains in control. He is, of course, following the example set by dad – the late Hafez – who in 1982 killed about 15,000 or so people in Hama (which is in revolt again) by simply surrounding it with artillery and nearly destroying the whole town. That example held up well for nearly 30 years, but a combination of factors has… read more