By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
The former prime minister of Syria, Riyad Hijab, appeared on Al Jazeera yesterday. Hijab offered important insight into the situation in Syria.
He stressed that the opposition will not compromise on their position that President Bashar Assad must leave.
He said that there is no way that Assad will step down from power peacefully and or his own accord.
He didn't say it in so many words, but we have a stalemate.
The most interesting point made during the interview came when Hijab asserted that Syria is actually being run by Iran.
We in the West have had a sense that the essential strategies of the regime’s battle against the rebels were decided by Iran. As a result of this interview we now know that the influence of Iran over Bashar Assad's Syria is wider and stronger than we possibly imagined.
With that information the pieces all fit into place. Now I fully understand how, against so many odds, the Assad regime has lasted so long and why it is not about to buckle anytime soon.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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