watso is not an expert on syrian politics. from the outside, it seems that assaad is from a minority muslim sect - but to keep control, he has to keep the other nutters under "lock and key"
hussein , from iraq, had a christian in his government. hussein kept the nutters under control - and women had an opportunity
a secular state is the best solution, damn it all, but it was not all that long ago, that americans had to confront the idea of a roman catholic president (jfk) - and now an afro american.
the present demonstrations in egypt are interesting - and maybe, there are plenty of secular people in, some muslim countries
