Bashar Addresses His International Gang: In Tehran, Moscow, Beijing, Baghdad And Southern Lebanon
29 January 2013
By Dr. Hamad Al-Majid
The only positive aspect of Bashar al-Assad's speech
yesterday was that this time he avoided the usual
rhetoric. He did not bombard his audience with the
ridiculous and loathsome comments that he gave in his
speeches at the start of the revolution, at a time
when he was seeking to establish his self-confidence.
Today is different because the revolutionaries are
surrounding Damascus and the noose is tightening
around its neck. The airports have become in range of
the rebels and the revolution is growing steadily,
whilst al-Assad's rule is clearly in decline.
Bashar before anyone else realizes that his
dictatorial regime encompasses all the reasons for its
own downfall, from the bloodthirsty and brutal acts,
the assassinations, torture, sectarianism and
corruption, and the looting of the country's wealth.
This was all before the outbreak of the revolution. As
for afterwards, the courageous popular revolution has
added to the regime's unsightly CV more than 60,000
dead, millions displaced and massive destruction in
Syrian towns and cities. By logical calculation it is
impossible for it to escape from collapse, so what is
Bashar clinging on to in the hope of remaining Syria's
president?
Given the facts on the ground that are working against
him and his regime, we can only presume that al-Assad
is gambling on two possibilities; one the very slight
possibility of the survival of his rule, and two the
destruction of his country. Let's speak in all
honesty; President al-Assad with his vile sectarian
agenda does not care about plunging Syria into hell.
He is more like a foreign occupier, resisting only
against Syria's revolutionaries and patriots and
fighting them with all kinds of destructive weaponry.
He will win in any case, either the popular revolution
will be destroyed or he will destroy a country that
seems to mean very little to him.
"The criminal will wish that he could be ransomed from
the punishment of that Day by his children. And his
wife and his brother. And his nearest kindred who
shelter him. And whoever is on earth entirely [so]
then it could save him" [Surat al-Ma'arij, Verses
11-14]. Bashar, like his father, only sees Syria as an
extension of the Safavid Crescent, and either Syria
will continue as that or he will hand it back to its
people in ruins. However, it must be noted that Bashar
does not have power over that decision purely himself;
the Syrian lock is one with many keys. One key is held
by the figures of the Alawite sect close to him,
another by the key pillars of his rule who benefit
from it, and there are also keys in Tehran, Beijing
and Moscow. In short, Bashar is like the leader of a
gang and even if he tried to change now or take
regressive steps, his loyalty lies first and foremost
with the members of his gang because he carries all
their secrets and is their partner in crimes of
murder, torture, smuggling and rape. This is one of
the reasons for his insistence to remain in power
despite the fact that land is falling all around him.
Bashar the gang leader believed that the Arab Spring
was like soap bubbles that would soon disappear, but
the reality is that his regime is the biggest bubble,
now in danger of bursting as its grip on the country
loosens. The rebels first struck a blow to his inner
circle through the famous "security cell" operation,
and have now made advancements in every region. They
control a number of border crossing points, making it
easier to smuggle in sophisticated weaponry enabling
them to down al-Assad's aircraft, whereas in the past
the regime would have stopped even an insect crossing
from a neighboring country.
Thus, in al-Assad's latest speech he did not provide
anything new, his sole purpose was to reassure the
rest of the gang in Tehran, Moscow, Beijing, Baghdad
and southern Lebanon that the "code of honor" will be
observed until the end.
Dr. Hamad Al-Majid is a journalist and former member
of the official Saudi National Organization for Human
Rights. Al-Majid is a graduate of Imam Muhammad Bin
Saud Islamic University in Riyadh and holds an M.A.
from California and a Doctorate from the University of
Hull in the United Kingdom.
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