You can run to Russia… But you can’t hide.
May Assad face justice soon.
Meanwhile,
Congratulations to all the rebel factions, religious and secular, and especially to the Kurds, who have been kicking regime @$$ for years and aren’t getting any kudos now for some reason. 🧐
They’ve been dreaming of this moment for years. Many of us have. Assad was a cruel dictator who disregarded human rights with impunity, and as a loyal puppet of the Ruso-Iranian axis who was no friend of liberal democracy in general and of Israel in particular. It is a good thing that he is gone.
But he is gone and now the assorted members of the resistance in Syria all have to come together and fill the vacuum that Assad left behind him. Preferably with something that isn’t equally as terrible as the Assad regime. Even more preferably, with something that can rebuild Syria into a strong, liberal ally – and not another hot or cold war enemy – of Israel, their anxious neighbors of old sitting just south.
In the meantime, we’re watching what unfolds and praying for righteous – good – people to win out, seize the day, and lead Syria out of the civil war that has ravaged it, towards the brighter future Syrians (along with everyone else in the Levant) deserve.
“In that day, Israel shall be a third partner with Egypt and Assyria as a blessing on earth.”
Here’s to hoping.