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All kinds of divisions and i think he would have to be very careful about who took over next. on the other hand, the president like other arab leaders is a master of presenting that as a stark choice, it's either me or absolute chaos. and that's been one of the way in which he held the power so many years. >> bob baer, syria, you know the country well. initially the syrian president said i'm not going to be affected by this because i have adopted a populist policy. pro-iran, pro-hezbollah and pro-hamas. it seemed he didn't have trouble because his security services were more brutal than the eg...

At this moment, the syrians are considering intervening into tripoli and lebanon because they are paranoid that the muslim brotherhood is forming there is going to start attacking cities. it doesn't matter whether it's true or not. it's paranoia that drives the regime. so bashar al assad hasn't moved on reform, it doesn't surprise me at all. appointing the agriculture minister as prime minister is completely insignificant and won't take the country anywhere soon. what's going to happen on the street is going to unfold. we can't predict it but it could get nasty. >> if some of the things bob ba...