20 something years ago , the elder brother of the actual Syrian president , Bassel , was killed in a car accident in Damascus , at the time , and even though the father , Hafez , was clearly well established as the despot of Syria , most people , and I for one , could only think of the loss as a very tragic incident , I felt that any one who looses his or her 30 years old son , is dealt a very harsh blow in life , a horrible experience for any father , family , regardless of what or who you are .
Few days ago , it was reported that young Assad's regime and special intelligence forces , managed to do exactly the same , kill a 27 years old son of a well known Syrian opposition figure , the same occurred with a young 30 years old British physician , they were both cold bloodedly tortured to death in one of the many , many prisons and detention centers under their authority .
What were these regime thugs thinking or doing ? and what were their leaders proving , the regime was well above that , the regime didn't need such brutality , but they chose to totally destroy any disapproving voice and annihilate all dissenting action .
The regime failed in everything , but temporarily preserving itself and creating a failed state of affairs . When sheer force and brutality are applied under the auspices of the law, it does not produce legitimacy nor obedience . It invariably produces the opposite . Power , any power has one important limitation , it has to be seen and accepted as legitimate , or else its use has the opposite effect .
And please , no one tell me ; look at the opposition and their barbaric behaviors , my answer would be , that the said Islamic opposition are total animals , but obviously our young president , his regime and killing machine , are exactly the same , and surely behaving worse in most instances . NO one could convince me that all opposing people in Syria are only represented by these Islamic elements , criminals and bandits .
Torturing and executing children as young as 10 and 11 years old , as reported by UN observers , in many of the regimes prisons and interrogation centers , and by the thousands , is as animalistic as the whoever the regime is clearly harboring and accusing of terrorism . Clearly both the regime and these Islamic thugs are two sides of the same coin .
Syria is lately back in the news , I hope I was able to clarify some important features of whatever is happening over there . Thanks to all as usual .
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