As pro-democracy uprising swept the Arab world, many argued, intellectuals and others, Arabs and westerners, that Syria is immune to such kind of a sweep, ironically this argument was advocated by Al Assad himself in a recent interview. The basis of such argument is stationed around
the Syrian regional policies, which are considered among most of the Arabs, including myself, a policy to respect. It didn't bow to the dictates of Washington and Tel Aviv, and viewed as the main backer of the "resistance" movements in the region. But after last Friday, it is obvious now that Resistance around the region was not a carte blanche for repression and corruption at home. It is yet not clear if the latest protests in many cities and villages around Syria will turn popular as we witnessed in Egypt last month, but it is clear now that Al Assad has tough and bitter decisions to take, and this time, it is internally.
If the demonstrations in Syria turned en masse, there is two scenarios it may turned to, a peaceful popular movement leads to a democratic Syria, or Chaos. it depends solely on how the regime will react. And I lean toward dismissing some allegations I heard arguing that Israel is behind the unrest in Syria, it doesn't play out well for me, because if we all watched how nervous were the Israelis as they watched their "Strategic asset" fall in Egypt, a revolution in Syria surely will drive them mad. They can deal with a predictable authoritarian foe, but surely they can't deal with neither a democratic one, nor chaos.
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