'*** Nevertheless, with the Western-fomented havoc wreaking Syria...'
The only person to to wreak Syria is their hated leader, and even more hated father Assad. Take off you anti- American, anti- Western hysterical blinkers and wake up to the real world.
No matter what the Western experts say and declare, this thug has had his day. Whether he will be replaced by another (possibly an extreme misogynst Muslim)thug I can't say. Recent events in Egypt prove that the overthrow of one dictator is no guarantee that he (yes, it's usually a male)wouldn't be replaced by another.Look what happened to the Russian revolution, when an autocratic system was replaced by a system (Communism) with one of the most violent thugs,Stalin,in modern history, in charge.Millions of people were murdered and tortured and starved to earth over a period of at least three generations.Some revolution!
