Turning yourself from a democratically elected president into a dictator is a tricky operation, and most people who try it fail.
Take a moment, first, to celebrate the fall of a regime of surpassing evil even by the Middle East's demanding standards. Father and son, the Assad regime oppressed and abused the Syrian people for 53 years, and now it's gone in a week. Even the American-backed puppet regime in Afghanistan didn't fall that fast. Read More