Friday, August 19, 2011

Syria Still Aflame

President Assad was unmoved by yesterday's calls from the United States, Britain, France and Germany for him to leave power- though he did claim that all military action against his people had ceased- only to turn around and shoot 14 of them dead today. And that toll has probably gone up since I first read the article earlier this morning...

The jury is still out on the Assad regime. The latest sanctions will pinch and the fact that the opposition looks to be trying to unite into a broad coalition against him- but the pressure is growing. Gadafi looks to be crumbling fast and Saleh isn't even in Yemen anymore- so maybe Assad just think's he's doing OK, when in fact, he's not.

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