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Written by Worldthreats | |
Friday, 04 February 2011 | |
Syrian Opposition Leader Predicts Assad Won’t Last Another Year The Reform Party of Syria has previously reported about the deployment of Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps personnel alongside Syrian security forces ahead of the planned protests. Now this: http://www.worldthreats.com/?p=5919
Farid Ghadry of the Reform Party of Syria predicts that Bashar Assad won’t remain in power another year. A bold prediction that I unfortunately think is far too optimistic. But he makes some important points. Ghadry says that Syria spends 35 percent of its GDP on defense, but that the average tank is nearly as old as Israel. While Ghadry makes a good point about the nature of the Syrian economy and government, I don’t see how this leads him to conclude that Assad only has a year left. The Syrian regime has been spending a huge amount of its GDP on defense for a long time and I’m not seeing any sign of imminent unrest or organized opposition inside the country that could result in the regime’s displacement. Unfortunately, I think we’re stuck with the Assad regime for awhile. http://www.worldthreats.com/?p=2720
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