This is an open letter to the Free Syrian Army and other fighters against the Assad regime in Syria. What has happened over the past months of unrest is remarkable. Ordinary Syrians have joined the fight against the autocratic regime of Assad. Unfortunately, the regime has seen brutal crackdown as the only viable policy. By now, it has no legitimacy, either at home or abroad. United States and regional powers have concluded that they prefer the survival of the current regime to the emergence of a–potentially Islamist–autonomous regime in Syria. However, events have overtaken everyone.
The Future of Syria
The Future of Syria
The Future of Syria
This is an open letter to the Free Syrian Army and other fighters against the Assad regime in Syria. What has happened over the past months of unrest is remarkable. Ordinary Syrians have joined the fight against the autocratic regime of Assad. Unfortunately, the regime has seen brutal crackdown as the only viable policy. By now, it has no legitimacy, either at home or abroad. United States and regional powers have concluded that they prefer the survival of the current regime to the emergence of a–potentially Islamist–autonomous regime in Syria. However, events have overtaken everyone.