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The Devil We Are Getting To Know

The new Syrian strongman has everything going his way

Dec 12, 2024
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Ahmad Hussein al-Sharaa aka Abu Mohammed al-Jolani in Damascus on Sunday

Syria does not need a Thomas Jefferson. Indeed, Syria does not need a western-style democracy at all. Syrians will prefer a strong man, emphasis man. They will want this man of the people to establish a Syrian republic that is safe for all the Syrian people. Not heaven on earth: just a peaceful Syria.

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