There is always that 'ebb and flow' between the populous and their Presidents. One always gets the picture though that the Presidents rule by 'threat' and not by 'concensus.'
Assad is welcomed by nations in the Arab League. He just doesn't see the sovereignty of his nation staying within its borders, though. He is always lusting after lebanon. It may be a past time for Assad to please his constituents, but, regardless he never minds his own business. It is like his politics relies on invading Lebanon all the time.
Assad pledge fails to quell Syria anger; troops fire (click here)
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...Two witnesses said security forces killed three mourners when they opened fire on a funeral for a man killed the day before, which turned into a demonstration on a highway outside the town of Talbiseh, north of the central city of Homs.
One resident said he counted five tanks and saw soldiers wearing combat gear deployed around the town.
Chants at protests on Sunday, Syria's Independence Day holiday, more hostile toward Assad than at previous marches held in recent weeks, a sign that a promise to lift the country's hated emergency law had failed to appease the public.
Opposition figures say they believe new laws that will replace the emergency rule are likely to retain severe curbs on political freedoms....
I find myself thinking, these guys simply 'don't get it.' But in all sincereity they really do. Assad wants to hang onto power. He figures its his familial right to rule people past their tolerance to be ruled. He simply loves oppression. If he isn't oppressing his people, he is lusting after oppression of Lebanon. What a guy.
This is Mrs. Assad. The President's wife. She is quite a babe from what international circles say. I mean the hairdresser alone must be $500 a pop, wouldn't you think? High maintenance. Maybe that is why he is scared of any disruption to his thrown. Sorry, office.
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's wife Asma gestures is pictured at the Bristol hotel on December 11, 2010 in Paris. Al-Assad is on a two-days official visit to France.
Hm. Emergency laws. Same mess that existed in Egypt. Can't help but believe this isn't going to be tolerated for long by the people that admire the babe and her spouse at the top of the government. No Caliphate yet though. I really don't believe that is on the agenda. Not in Syria, not in Gaza and certainly not in Egypt. It's sort of like the 'fear' of the colonists turn nation in the USA when they worried about the Executive Branch becoming a Kingdom. No one wants that mess back again, ya know? I don't see a Caliphate here. Just don't.
...Two witnesses said security forces killed three mourners when they opened fire on a funeral for a man killed the day before, which turned into a demonstration on a highway outside the town of Talbiseh, north of the central city of Homs.
One resident said he counted five tanks and saw soldiers wearing combat gear deployed around the town.
Chants at protests on Sunday, Syria's Independence Day holiday, more hostile toward Assad than at previous marches held in recent weeks, a sign that a promise to lift the country's hated emergency law had failed to appease the public.
Opposition figures say they believe new laws that will replace the emergency rule are likely to retain severe curbs on political freedoms....
I find myself thinking, these guys simply 'don't get it.' But in all sincereity they really do. Assad wants to hang onto power. He figures its his familial right to rule people past their tolerance to be ruled. He simply loves oppression. If he isn't oppressing his people, he is lusting after oppression of Lebanon. What a guy.
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad's wife Asma gestures is pictured at the Bristol hotel on December 11, 2010 in Paris. Al-Assad is on a two-days official visit to France.
Hm. Emergency laws. Same mess that existed in Egypt. Can't help but believe this isn't going to be tolerated for long by the people that admire the babe and her spouse at the top of the government. No Caliphate yet though. I really don't believe that is on the agenda. Not in Syria, not in Gaza and certainly not in Egypt. It's sort of like the 'fear' of the colonists turn nation in the USA when they worried about the Executive Branch becoming a Kingdom. No one wants that mess back again, ya know? I don't see a Caliphate here. Just don't.
The Associated Press
Date: Saturday Apr. 16, 2011 1:00 PM ET
BEIRUT — Syria's president said Saturday he expects state of emergency laws (click title to entry - thank you) that have been in effect for nearly 50 years to be lifted by next week at the latest, a key demand by a monthlong protest movement that has posed the most serious challenge to the authoritarian regime.
In his second public appearance since the protests began, President Bashar Assad warned there will no longer be "an excuse" for organizing protests after Syria lifts the emergency laws and implements reforms.
"After that, we will not tolerate any attempt at sabotage," he told the newly formed Cabinet in a televised address.
Syria's widely despised emergency laws have been in place since the ruling Baath party came to power in 1963, giving the regime a free hand to arrest people without charge and extending state authority into virtually every aspect of Syrians' lives.
In his second public appearance since the protests began, President Bashar Assad warned there will no longer be "an excuse" for organizing protests after Syria lifts the emergency laws and implements reforms.
"After that, we will not tolerate any attempt at sabotage," he told the newly formed Cabinet in a televised address.
Syria's widely despised emergency laws have been in place since the ruling Baath party came to power in 1963, giving the regime a free hand to arrest people without charge and extending state authority into virtually every aspect of Syrians' lives.
