Obama Doctrine re-writes the book on how to handle the world’s authoritarian dictators
In Zeina Karam’s article Syrian Cabinet resigns amid unrest for the Associated Press, it reports that “ Syria's Cabinet resigned Tuesday to help quell a wave of popular fury that erupted more than a week ago, threatening President Bashar Assad's 11-year rule in one of the most authoritarian nations in the Middle East. Assad, whose family has controlled Syria for four decades, is trying to calm the growing dissent with a string of overtures. He is expected to address the nation in the next 24 hours to lift emergency laws in place since 1963 and moving to annul other harsh restrictions on civil liberties and political freedoms.” These seem to be the same demands made of Mubarak in Egypt by the protestors there. If Syria paid close attention to the events there, they must have some idea where the Obama Administration may come down on their issue with their citizens. If this is the case and the president of Syria is already making concessions, it could be overwhe...