A lot of people still think that the upcoming Baath conference will be bringing with it some serious positive change. They still think that President has it in him. The absence of immediate alternative to the current regime and its President continue to inspire some hope in them that things are bound to take a turn for the better. This regime and this President simply have no choice but to brig about some change.
Author: Ammar
A Syrian dreamer & dissident, not necessarily in that order.
Sneak Preview of Upcoming “Reforms!”
A few days ago, the President issued a special degree inviting the Syrian Social National Party to join the National Progressive Front, as assortment of socialist, communist and Nasserist parties already cannibalized and marginalized by the Baath Party.
The Coming Fuck Up!
Indeed, Hezbollah’s adventurism against Israel is going to create ample problems for the Syrian regime.
Serious problems, in fact, especially if we take under consideration the likelihood that Hezbollah’s activities are being coordinated in collusion with regime members. This is exactly what I was afraid of. In lull times, the regime tends to fall back on old habits and old behavioral patterns. Someone in the regime, I am sure, must think it absolutely brilliant to continue to use Hezbollah to apply pressure on Israel in the hope of jumpstarting the long stagnant peace talks with Syria. This is a complete misreading of the situation, of course. But this is exactly the kind of misreading that this regime has been in the habit of doing for many years now. This tendency is bound to get more pronounced as the regime gets more and more desperate. Continue reading “The Coming Fuck Up!”
A Heretical Quarterly Report!
Security interrogations began, and ended… A travel ban was imposed, then lifted… The expansion of the Tharwa Team continues apace, funding worries notwithstanding… Committing “suicide by media” remains a tempting, perhaps even alluring, prospect… Khawla’s breast tumors were finally diagnosed benign, late yesterday.
