Of all the Arab dictators, none has reacted to his people’s call for freedom with more unbridled viciousness than Syria’s Bashar al-Assad. His fight for survival has shattered the illusions of naïfs who thought him a reformer. It may soon confound realists who think that for all his flaws, Mr Assad is preferable to the chaos that could engulf Syria in his absence. The outside world must prepare for an unravelling that is advancing by the day.
所有阿拉伯独裁者中，没有哪位像叙利亚的巴沙尔•阿萨德(Bashar al-Assad)那样，对民众自由诉求的压制能凶残到如此肆无忌惮的地步。他的垂死挣扎，粉碎了那些曾天真地以为他是一位改革者的人们的幻想。现实主义者们可能很快就会感到挫败——在他们看来，尽管阿萨德有这样那样的缺陷，但总强于把他赶下台后、让叙利亚陷入无尽的混乱之中。外界必须准备好迎接叙利亚政权一步步陷入崩溃。
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