HOMS, Syria - Assad forces try to bomb Homs into submission

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5. i just commented on the reality....not the fantasy of "democracy suddenly blossoming

you tell me whats preferable a Kaddafi that provide universal health care, subsidized housing, education and kept the various tribes at each others throats along with a "few torture chambers" etc.

vs a no central state dictatorship with no healthcare etc and various fiefdoms being created each busy defining their new borders while using radical islam to judge people by and use it as its base?

granted this has not happened, and i sure can't read the future but it sure is one viable option....
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or how about egypt? seems they just traded in a secular dictator for a theocratic council (they have the majority) or perhaps a military council-depends upon internal politics.....which is your versions of "democracy"

the point is Assad can see his future if he loses......so he's not going to "surrender"