Sometime about a year ago, maybe even more recently, Syria was declared by State to be malleable or quiescent or some other such plastic.
Well the plastic blob may soon find itself thrown into the shredder. Asad and his goons just may be in for some very unpleasant surprises in the next year. And at least on the surface, the rest of the Arab world just may look the other way if he gets a spanking, figuring he had it coming.