Wednesday, 26 October 2011

Syrian Government Has Lost Support In The Arab World




Poll: Syria's Assad Losing Support In Arab World -- Washington Post

As the United States and its allies seek to increase pressure on Damascus, there's new evidence that the Arab world is turning sharply against the government of Bashar al-Assad.

A poll released Tuesday by the Arab American Institute Foundation finds that the overwhelming majority of those surveyed in six Arab countries side with Syrian demonstrators over Assad's government. And asked whether they believed Assad could continue to govern, the vast majority in each country said they did not.

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My Comment: When videos like the one above makes the rounds in the Arab world .... decent people will be repulsed and disgusted with it. Assad and his cronies do not control the international media and satellite news .... this is their weakness, and as the protests continue and the images of his brutal crackdown spread, Assad's position and legitimacy will start to be openly questioned by everyone.

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