Syria's dictator is in retreat, but he's unlikely to go quietly.
Assad's War
MICHAEL YOUNG, WSJ Original Article
As tens of thousands of Lebanese gathered this week to demand a withdrawal of Syrian forces from their country, they chanted a refrain mocking Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. In Arabic "Assad" means lion, and in a play on words the protestors sang: "Assad in Lebanon, a rabbit on the Golan." The jingle was first used against Bashar's father, Hafiz al-Assad, who, as defense minister during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, lost Syria's Golan Heights to Israel. For the protestors, however, it summed up their view of Syria as a state bending to the powerful but beating up on the weak.
MICHAEL YOUNG, WSJ Original Article
As tens of thousands of Lebanese gathered this week to demand a withdrawal of Syrian forces from their country, they chanted a refrain mocking Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. In Arabic "Assad" means lion, and in a play on words the protestors sang: "Assad in Lebanon, a rabbit on the Golan." The jingle was first used against Bashar's father, Hafiz al-Assad, who, as defense minister during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, lost Syria's Golan Heights to Israel. For the protestors, however, it summed up their view of Syria as a state bending to the powerful but beating up on the weak.
posted by Lieutenant Colonel Caveman at Saturday, March 05, 2005
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