THE SYRIAN REBELLION by Fouad Ajami (Hoover Institution Press Book Trailer)

[@shamifiras]

Peaceful women, men and children protesting and chanting "freedom, freedom" are NOT terrorist rebels. They are asking for their basic rights and calling for a civil and democratic Syria. A Syria for all: muslims, christians, alwaites, druze, etc. I just finished reading the book and it' is very well referenced and is an excellent account of how the Assad family came to power, its sectarian and personal ambitions (hidden under the banner of Baath) and covers key aspects of the Syria revolution.

[@horseygurl143]

Naw, he's a Middle Eastern expert. I've watched him for YEARS and he's passionate about his homeland and loves America. He should be a diplomat. The world would be a better place.

[@nadanomen2041]

PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) - Fouad Ajami, a Middle East scholar who rallied support for the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 and advised policy makers in the Bush administration, has died. He was 68. The Hoover Institution at Stanford University, where Ajami was a senior fellow, said in a statement that Ajami lost his battle with cancer on Sunday. In the period leading to the Iraqi invasion, The New York Time reported that Ajami advised national security adviser Condoleeza Rice and Paul Wolfowitz, then the deputy secretary of defense. In a 2002 speech, Vice President Dick Cheney invoked Ajami as predicting that after liberation, Iraqis would greet the American military with joy.