"How the Assad family built an empire of fear in Syria Hafez and his son Bashar killed countless people over five decades and oversaw the country’s descent into kleptocracy" https://www.ft.… (View Post)

"ANDREW NEIL: This is a disaster for Iran and the ayatollahs have never been more vulnerable. The smell of regime change is now in the Tehran air..." https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/arti… (View Post)

Mike Oldfield — one of the greatest musical artists of all time. (View Post)

The best we can hope for is that both sides exhaust each other's morale and equipment over the coming days. (View Post)

Homs isn't very important compared to Damascas. Let's hope that falls pretty quickly as well. (View Post)