Joshua Landis on Syria - #Assadwillfall (or not)

Oh Syria. What a bummer. People are dying. The government and rebels are showing no sign of a deal. And the UN is at a block: with China and Russia taking the side of the Assad regime, not allowing anything to pass for fear it would be used as a Libya-style intervention down the road. They're wise to be fearful, by the way.

Anyway, its OK to be pessimistic here. It's just that horrible. I still have this voice ringing through my head from some hysterical Syrian guy on NPR today saying: "They're going to kill us all!"

Yes . . . probably dude. Probably.

So beyond my own blues, here is professor Joshua Landis on the matter. This is a really great video to watch. The prof is spot on. In essence, Landis dosn't think #Assadwillfall unless the military defects, or a foreign army intervenes.

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