The political structure of the Middle East is collapsing in slow motion.
The exact moment a major component fails is impossible to predict, but the Syrian regime is definitely in a process of de-legitimization which can only end badly for Assad II.
The challenge for Israel and The West is surviving this ongoing and essentially unpreventable geopolitical earthquake.
That's what I don't understand. Is it a military coup we're looking for? Is it the street? I don't see a lot of Syrians out and about violently protesting the government.
The Assads have always seemed so low-key, whereas other Middle Eastern tyrants are so bellicose, but you're not the first person to assert that there's a lot of instability in the government. I need to do some reading, I think.
Bush's fault. He kicked over the sand castle in their sandbox.
Oh, I forgot to say, I admire him for it.