Assad's Speech: Same Old Rhetoric
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Reform Party of Syria
Washington DC, November 10, 2005/RPS/ -- Baschar al-Assad, the illegal president of Syria, delivered a speech at Damascus University that according to close Syrian government sources was intended to set the tone of Syria, pressure or no pressure.
In the speech, Assad used the same defunct logic and the same irrational rhetoric that brought his regime to its knees to attack the Lebanese people, to lie about his support of the insurgency in Iraq, and to impose his dictatorship by delaying the "Political Party Law" intended to develop political pluralism in a society lacking any for over 42 years.
From the tone of the speech, it is apparent that Assad intends to resist all calls by the international community to adjust to a world of freedom and peaceful co-existence with one's neighbors. At one point, he said "We will live here and die here" in reference to calls by the opposition to resign and leave the country.
If there was any doubt in the minds of Syrians looking for reforms to come from within, these doubts have been permanently put to rest after hearing Assad's speech. This is a regime that will only go away if forced to and the people of Syria are starting slowly to realize the importance of increasing the pressure until the regime implodes.
Reform Party of Syria
Washington DC, November 10, 2005/RPS/ -- Baschar al-Assad, the illegal president of Syria, delivered a speech at Damascus University that according to close Syrian government sources was intended to set the tone of Syria, pressure or no pressure.
In the speech, Assad used the same defunct logic and the same irrational rhetoric that brought his regime to its knees to attack the Lebanese people, to lie about his support of the insurgency in Iraq, and to impose his dictatorship by delaying the "Political Party Law" intended to develop political pluralism in a society lacking any for over 42 years.
From the tone of the speech, it is apparent that Assad intends to resist all calls by the international community to adjust to a world of freedom and peaceful co-existence with one's neighbors. At one point, he said "We will live here and die here" in reference to calls by the opposition to resign and leave the country.
If there was any doubt in the minds of Syrians looking for reforms to come from within, these doubts have been permanently put to rest after hearing Assad's speech. This is a regime that will only go away if forced to and the people of Syria are starting slowly to realize the importance of increasing the pressure until the regime implodes.
posted by Marko at 11/10/2005 04:44:00 PM
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