Syrian Rebellion (Assad falls and flees to Moscow)

One of the disincentives to being a nasty dictator should be the relatively high probability of seeing out the rest of your days in Russia.
 
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I've been struggling with the celebratory tone of the reporting in much of the press. Yes, Assad is a fucking cunt who deserves to be locked up in solitary confinement until he rots (preferably in a cell that allows even less room for manoeuvre than he offered to Sednaya inmates). I'm glad he's gone, although running into the protective arms of Mother Putin ain't it. Also, my mind is kinda blown by HTS routinely being referred to as liberating 'rebels' after fourteen months of reports that demonise ordinary Palestinians as would-be terrorists for simply existing, but I guess that's another issue.

I am concerned about what's coming. I do not trust any movement driven by religious zealotry to protect the rights of minorities. I do not trust any movement driven by Islamism to protect the rights of women. Abrupt overthrowals of brutal despots aren't ever followed by improvements in civilian quality of life - and certainly not here. The splintered factions on the ground and the varying interests of the powers that surround are reason enough for severe pause (especially for the Kurds who must be all too aware that Turkey is the driving force behind current developments). It's hard to avoid replaying doomsday scenarios in one's head given that, when it comes to global politics, that's really been the default setting for way too long now.

I hope HTS follow through on their promises to be inclusive and refrain from bloodlust. I look around at other recent, similar transitions of power in the wider region and I feel doubtful. But nothing would be more welcome than a peaceful rebuilding of Syria that's founded upon tolerance for all after the horrors it's suffered over the years. I'm looking at these images of jubilation as people let loose after a half-century of Assad tyranny, and I want so badly for it to happen for them.
 
The real struggle here is between USA and Iran. Syria is only one of the multiple theaters they're competing for influence in. Who actually rules Syria is irrelevant. I think both parties know that neither Assad nor the rebels will provide Syrians peace or stability. Domestically, they're interchangeable - even if they're ideologically different. The only thing that really changes in this conflict is who's funding/influencing the party in power.
 
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He needs to be hotter before the gays claim him. Either that or he has to drop a gay drug music anthem (and only if it flops).
 
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