Opinion of Bashar al-Assad

[I’m not Stu]

Opinion of Syria’s president.

[Continential]

ERM64man (ERM, 64, man)

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

ERM64man (ERM, 64, man)

This.

But, in all seriousness, Assad is one of the less-bad, in purely relative terms, of the rogues' gallery of horrific mega-HPs in that part of the world right now, which is itself a horrible situation and an indictment of the decades of policy failures on the part of both regional actors and world powers that led up to the current situation.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

ERM64man (ERM, 64, man)

This.

But, in all seriousness, Assad is one of the less-bad, in purely relative terms, of the rogues' gallery of horrific mega-HPs in that part of the world right now, which is itself a horrible situation and an indictment of the decades of policy failures on the part of both regional actors and world powers that led up to the current situation.

(Not necessarily expressing agreement with your view on Bashar al-Assad) but for the region to get to this point is sad. This is what happens when a region's people get overwhelmed by a succession of chess-game power plays and the resulting churn and division renders it weak and unable to assert pressure against any outside force at all.

[World politics is up Schmitt creek]

ERM64man (ERM, 64, man)

This.

But, in all seriousness, Assad is one of the less-bad, in purely relative terms, of the rogues' gallery of horrific mega-HPs in that part of the world right now, which is itself a horrible situation and an indictment of the decades of policy failures on the part of both regional actors and world powers that led up to the current situation.

(Not necessarily expressing agreement with your view on Bashar al-Assad) but for the region to get to this point is sad. This is what happens when a region's people get overwhelmed by a succession of chess-game power plays and the resulting churn and division renders it weak and unable to assert pressure against any outside force at all.

Yep. Hence the turn to seemingly ever-more-depraved forms of strongmannism, Assad's rule itself not least of those, as a means for the region's governments to get at least some taste of what a capacity for independent action might be like.

[PSOL]

A neoliberal idiot who failed at successfully leading a country. The Syrian civil war would not have occurred in the same intensity if he didn’t engage in flip-flopping policies all the way till 2011. It’s no wonder that by 2013 he was hiding out in his Damascus palace with the Military—Maher Assad, Suheil Hassan, Ali Abdullah Ayyoub—taking operational command and countrywide control.

While most likely outlasting the Jihadists now hunkered down in Idlib, when he croaks I would not be shocked if the Assad clan’s hold on Syria ends soon after.

[All Along The Watchtower]

Torturing and murdering countless dissidents + using barrel bombs and chemical weapons on thousands of civilians in the country you ostensibly rule = anti-imperialist!

On a serious note, props to the people of Lebanon for kicking his murderous ass out of their country (unfortunately Assad's pals in Tehran have successfully created a state within a state there that is more powerful than any other Lebanese force).

[Property Representative of the Harold Holt Swimming Centre]

Prostate or thyroid cancer. Other leaders represent more deadly forms.

[American2020]

Butcher Al-Assad
More murderous than Ariel Sharon.

[Velasco]

ERM64man (ERM, 64, man)

This.

But, in all seriousness, Assad is one of the less-bad, in purely relative terms, of the rogues' gallery of horrific mega-HPs in that part of the world right now, which is itself a horrible situation and an indictment of the decades of policy failures on the part of both regional actors and world powers that led up to the current situation.

(Not necessarily expressing agreement with your view on Bashar al-Assad) but for the region to get to this point is sad. This is what happens when a region's people get overwhelmed by a succession of chess-game power plays and the resulting churn and division renders it weak and unable to assert pressure against any outside force at all.

Yep. Hence the turn to seemingly ever-more-depraved forms of strongmannism, Assad's rule itself not least of those, as a means for the region's governments to get at least some taste of what a capacity for independent action might be like.

These moral relativist takes ("least bad", "lesser evil") are atrocious and sound like an insult to Sssad's victims, honestly

Phil is right in saying people in the Middle East is victim of "chess game power plays". The point is, I see you watch the atrocities happening in those faraway lands and make some dispassionate comments on how sad and terrible everything
 is.

I miss a couple of things in your assesments. The first one is analysis (the origin of the tragedy, the chess players involved); the second one is empathy

[Conservatopia]

Blairite = HP.

[Indy Texas]

ERM64man (ERM, 64, man)

This.

But, in all seriousness, Assad is one of the less-bad, in purely relative terms, of the rogues' gallery of horrific mega-HPs in that part of the world right now, which is itself a horrible situation and an indictment of the decades of policy failures on the part of both regional actors and world powers that led up to the current situation.

Who else has literally reduced their country to rubble because they would rather rule over ruin than accept that they've lost the consent of the governed?

[Calthrina950]

Obvious HP. The Syrian Civil War has been raging for over a decade now, and this man is still in power, propped us as he has been by Russia and China, among other actors.

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

ERM64man (ERM, 64, man)

This.

But, in all seriousness, Assad is one of the less-bad, in purely relative terms, of the rogues' gallery of horrific mega-HPs in that part of the world right now, which is itself a horrible situation and an indictment of the decades of policy failures on the part of both regional actors and world powers that led up to the current situation.

Who else has literally reduced their country to rubble because they would rather rule over ruin than accept that they've lost the consent of the governed?

I can think of someone in my own continent *cough*🇻🇪*cough*

[John Dule]

[All Along The Watchtower]

Obvious HP. The Syrian Civil War has been raging for over a decade now, and this man is still in power, propped us as he has been by Russia and China, among other actors.

Hey, don't leave me out!

[Calthrina950]

How many of these posters have you devised? Do you have a gallery of them somewhere?

[Calthrina950]

Obvious HP. The Syrian Civil War has been raging for over a decade now, and this man is still in power, propped us as he has been by Russia and China, among other actors.

Hey, don't leave me out!

I forgot about Iran and Ayatollah Khamenei. He's been in power for 33 years now, ever since the death of the architect of the Iranian Revolution. Iran and Syria are united in their antipathy towards Israel.

[PSOL]

Ayatollahs Khomeini and Khamenei are not related btw.

The old man is going to die in office sometime this decade, because no way can he trust anyone else not to throw him under the bus.

[buritobr]

Horrible, but not as bad as Al Qaeda and ISIS

[Calthrina950]

Ayatollahs Khomeini and Khamenei are not related btw.

The old man is going to die in office sometime this decade, because no way can he trust anyone else not to throw him under the bus.

Two factual errors on my part today.

[John Dule]

How many of these posters have you devised? Do you have a gallery of them somewhere?

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