Yeah. It sucks Syria's a dictatorship but damn it the Arabs, Berbers, none of those ethnic groups have the cultural capacity, values, or infrastructure to support an actual Western-style republic. It's better for stability and the small folk over there that they have a (relatively) secular strong-man in charge instead of one of the many Islamic terror groups.
edit: man I swear i member reading something about the al-assad family being descended from Berbers or whatever. its past my bedtime so that will forever remain a mystery for the rest of the night
Yeah. It sucks Syria's a dictatorship but damn it the Arabs, Berbers, none of those ethnic groups have the cultural capacity, values, or infrastructure to support an actual Western-style republic. It's better for stability and the small folk over there that they have a (relatively) secular strong-man in charge instead of one of the many Islamic terror groups.
"Berbers"? In Syria?
Sure why not ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
edit: man I swear i member reading something about the al-assad family being descended from Berbers or whatever. its past my bedtime so that will forever remain a mystery for the rest of the night