CNN Anderson Cooper 360 September 4, 2013 00:40:00
>> randi's piece tell as story. since we're using the metaphor of the mafia, think of his brother that died as sunny and think of bashar as michael, the cold-blooded guy who inherits the job accidently and turns out to be very good at it. >> so bashar al-assad's brother was supposed to inherit it and the father put the focus on? >> yeah, and there is a bother even worse, the commander of the fourth division that does the real killing. so bashar inherited this job and came into it and in the end he was compelled, i think, to show that he has to prove himself and the strong figure in this family...
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