Serafim writes:

"The Syrian torture regime of President Bashar al-Assad has NOT "has sunk to a new level of depravity". It has has been at that level for years. "

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Decades actually.

Bashar's dictator-daddy, Hafez Assad, kept himself in power for decades simply by killing anyone who opposed him.

A simple, but effective, strategy.

Like father, like son.

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