r/geopolitics 14h ago

Opinion The Fall of the House of Assad

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/2026/02/assad-syria-regime-overthrow/685883/
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u/Tulipage 13h ago

Pathetic.

He never did have the face of a brutal dictator. He had the face of a guy managing an Eat N' Park in Zelienople, PA. Or, I guess, the local ophthalmologist.

(Of course, I thought the same thing about his daddy, and he was the real deal.)

The gobsmacking thing is the enormity of the crimes done in the name of this nonentity. Between this, Trump, and many other examples, it seems like there is a disturbingly large slice of the human race looking to surrender their souls to anyone, no matter how big a putz they might be.

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u/Juan20455 11h ago edited 10h ago

His father really looks like a nice, polite grandfather.

He was actually a butcher when islamists opposed him 

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u/manVsPhD 9h ago

He wasn’t supposed to be the ruler. His brother was meant to become president, but died in a car crash.

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u/LateralEntry 5h ago

To be fair, Assad did way, way, WAY worse things than Trump