... we're not wise to their tricks?
2011:
"'The future of Syria must be determined by its people, but President Bashar al-Assad is standing in their way. For the sake of the Syrian people, the time has come for president Assad to step aside'... As Obama issued his statement, the leaders of France, Germany and Britain joined him in calling on Assad "to face the reality of the complete rejection of his regime by the Syrian people and to step aside'." (Assad must go, Obama says, Scott Wilson, The Washington Post, 18/8/11)
2019:
"A dozen Latin American governments and Canada have delivered a blistering rebuke to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, questioning the legitimacy of his second term and urging him to hand over power as the only path to restoring democracy in this crisis-wracked South American country... The US is not formally a member of the [Lima] Group but has been a vocal supporter and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo participated in the meeting by video conference." (Regional powers urge Maduro to step down, Franklin Brecino, AP/The Sun-Herald, 6/1/19"
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I realize it is politically incorrect to say this - at least to my friends who get their information from the western media - but I can't help admiring the bravery of Bashar al Assad. He must look at what happened to Saddam Hussein and to Ghaddafi and understand that, if his government were to fall to the jihadhists of whatever persuasion, he would suffer the same fate. And yet he has hung on and rallied his army to be close to taking back all of Syria from them and their western "trainers". I am sure he could have retired to a quiet life in Iran or Russia.
Note that the Gulf states are all reopening embassies in Damascus, and even the UK seems to be thinking about it. What about Australia?
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-01-03/british-embassy-syria-mysteriously-under-construction-uk-gives-regime-change
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