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Lychee2

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4. Assad is a smart man.

Reply to pampango (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 24, 2015, 12:39 PM

Sep 2015

His life-plan was to be an ophthalmologist, which he studied in London after getting his MD in 1988. Then in '94, his elder brother Bassel was killed in a car crash, so the role of successor fell on Bashar. He's a reluctant dictator, but a smart one.

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Merkel Says Assad Must Have Role In Syria Talks [View all] Purveyor Sep 2015 OP

Sounds like Merkel has learned lessons from Iraq and Libya. nt kelliekat44 Sep 2015 #1

For the sake of the Syrian people it is time to admit that Assad has handled the opposition to his pampango Sep 2015 #2

I'm just a trifle more optimistic than you are. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2015 #3

Assad is a smart man. Lychee2 Sep 2015 #4

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2015 #7

^^THIS^^ +1. Lychee2 Sep 2015 #8

Assad has already agreed to step down by 2021, six years from now. Xithras Sep 2015 #5

Interesting post. Lychee2 Sep 2015 #6