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Supporting Brutal Dictators Is Not a ‘Realist’ Position
After waging 13 years of brutal war, the Syrian Arab Republic is no more. Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow with his tale between his legs. A rebel coalition led by a former al-Qaeda affiliate seized Damascus on December 8th, and the last remnants of the Ba’ …