How It's Going To Work In Syria
Prediction from a guy who's been there on the ground in the Middle East -- war correspondent Michael J. Totten who blogs at Pajamas:
After Assad shoots enough young men in the head that he quells the uprising against him, you can bet your bottom dollar that he'll initiate a few cosmetic reforms. They'll amount to less than a mound of piled up trash, but he'll do it for the PR points he's accustomed to earning from those who yearn to be suckered. And there's a decent chance he'll hint at starting a new peace process with Israel in the hopes of convincing Western powers that he's once again indispensable.
Totten is the author of a fascinating book I've read a good bit of (in between my current work insanity), The Road to Fatima Gate: The Beirut Spring, the Rise of Hezbollah, and the Iranian War Against Israel.
It's his first-person account of revolution, terrorism, and war in Lebanon -- "one part war correspondence, one part memoir, and one part road movie."
I made up my own word for that: "quoforming" -- engaging in activities to give the appearance of reform, for the purpose of preserving the status quo.
Cousin Dave at May 27, 2011 9:00 AM
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https://www.advicegoddess.com/archives/2011/05/how-its-going-t.html#comment-2182093">comment from Cousin DaveGREAT word, Cousin Dave.
Amy Alkon
at May 27, 2011 9:04 AM
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