"Taking inspiration from the rapid unraveling of the regime in Libya, thousands of Syrians poured into the streets Monday and taunted President Bashar Assad with shouts that his family's 40-year dynasty will be the next dictatorship to crumble.
Assad, who has tried in vain to crush the 5-month-old revolt, appears increasingly out of touch as he refuses to acknowledge the hundreds of thousands of people demanding his ouster, analysts say. Instead, he blames the unrest on Islamic extremists and thugs."
That would really suck if Islamic extremists and thugs actually take over Libya and Syria. The other day on fb Hayder al Khoei was "wondering how many of the Libyan rebels now fighting Gaddafi were once upon a time in Iraq killing innocent people with Gaddafi's blessings." I am still wondering, and I also wonder how many Syrians who oppose Assad were supporting the insurgency in Iraq at some point since 2003. In any case, I am with the people who want freedom and democracy, and I hope for peace between the Arab countries.
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"That would really suck if Islamic extremists and thugs actually take over Libya and Syria. "
Maybe this is a phase these countries will have to go through. It would be very optimistic to expect happy, prosperous democracies in the Arab world within the next fifty years - look at the long, erratic progress of European countries over the past centuries.
Running a country efficiently requires a lot of skills and many honest, hard-working citizens. It doesn't happen overnight after a French or Russian style revolution.
DC
"I also wonder how many Syrians who oppose Assad were supporting the insurgency in Iraq"
There are probably some, but its a fair bet that there were even more Syrians who crossed into Iraq with the support of Bashar Assad and regime forces that looked the other way at the border.
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