CNN Anderson Cooper 360 September 4, 2013 00:12:00
10,000 innocent civilians as he went after the syrian muslim brotherhood by destroying the center of syria's fourth largest city. two things came out of that. first, a deep sense of bitterness and hatrid and i think led to an under ground radicalization which is why we have currents in opposition and the second, a regime that knew that pay back could come some day. literally, three decades have been spent by assad father and son developing a security military and intelligence apparatus that could with stand an up raising, if it came. it isn't syria -- it isn't egypt. it isn't libya. it's syria...