Bashar Al-Assad has be demonized by the US government and most media, he is a victim in a big conspiracy and it is quite disturbing to watch. Why? because the US has been doing this for years, playing chess with the world and putting and replacing governments as they wish.
When the Syrian protest began in March 2011, some Army officers did act independently and shoot against protesters. What the media failed to emphasize was that President Assad fired all those responsible. He then went out to the public, universities, schools, hospitals asking the people what they wanted. All their demands were met. What type of ruthless tyrant would do that? The muslim brotherhood has been trying to rise to power in Syria since the 80s, and the secular Syrian government had no tolerance for any type of extreme religion. Instead the Muslim brotherhood (it is suspected that obama is one of them, but im not too sure) the same muslim brotherhood who have been trying to overtake the government in Egypt used the protests in Syria as a perfect opportunity to hijack it and turned a protest into a civil war. The media was helping them and reporting false events, such as the army was murdering and killing people. A-jazeera was caught out for using fake actors and footage. So this thing which was meant to be a revolution turned into bloodshed, war and massacres. Pretty soon the Syrian people realised what was going on, that they were being invaded by foreign jihadists and extremists from places like Qatar, Saudi, yemen, turkey and the people of Syria began to unite and after they saw that their president was been victimised by the west, they also saw him go out into the streets and started to meet their demands of reform, they united and began to support him.
What is so right about how he governs? I'm not going to say he was perfect, which government is? But he was so much better than his father and not ruthless. He was even opposed to his fathers advisers who tried to influence him to rule as his father did, but he was having non of that.
He was educated in London as a doctor and was quite westernised in his ways.
He moderniosed Syria and opened it up to the world
He released many political prisoners
His government had no tolerance for extreme religious parties
withdrew troops from lebanon
minority and religious tolerance in a secular society
elected parliament and more democratic reforms coming (after protests)
education free for everyone
health care is free and for everyone
He protects christians
a growing economy
IN COMPARISON TO OTHER ISLAMIC COUNTRIES
Men and women are free to socialise freely
Women have equal rights under constitution
Women have equal pay under constitution
Women will not get stoned for having pre marital sex
Women can drive
Women will not get stoned for wearing makeup and not covering up
People will not get arrested for drinking alcohol
People will not get killed for being atheists
WHY I RESPECT HIM
In 2003 US Secretary of State Collin Powell visited Bashar and handed him a list of demands including:
1. Cutting all ties with the five main Palestinian factions in Syria,
2. Severing Syria’s relations with Iran in exchange for a promise of better relations with some Arab states.
3. Signing a peace treaty with Israel similar to one Syria had already refused.
4. Removing books from schools with any enmity towards Israel.
5. Allowing western banks and companies unhindered access to Syrian markets and resources along with other neo-liberal reforms.
Bashar refused these demands in the face of the nearly 200,000 coalition troops across the Syrian border in Iraq. Instead Bashar sought to hinder the occupation of Iraq and demanded that the occupying forces withdraw.
I respect him because he is the only president in the middle east that stands up to the US. He stands on principle and can't be bought for a price. He has more integrity than most politicians of thr ME and he will not bow down to the bullies US and will not let Syria be overtaken by extreme Islamic who the US is trying to put in place of him. HE could have easily being bought by Saudi Arabia, he could have easily escaped to Russia and taken the money he was offered, instead he is fighting for his people. He is actually still in power because his people support him.
You can watch him in an interview that the western media will never show us - you might be able to notice that unlike most dictators he does not bang his fist on the table, raise his voice and assert his presence to the person speaking to him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=p … VRyA#t=277
