Bashar-Al-Assad, would have been a renowned ophthalmologist
if he had stepped into a pair of new shoes after throwing away the old pair of
shoes worn by his father Hafiz-Al-Assad, the notorious autocrat who let loose a
reign of terror across Syria with an iron hand. He was like a king cobra on
prowl spreading its fang and bite his victims.
Dr.Assad, the junior, instead of following his profession
stepped into his father’s shoes and with a streak of authoritarianism running
through his veins rules Syria with an iron fist and going on with his father’s
ruthlessness, venality and determination from the very day he assumed power and
since 2011 is on a venomous mission of annihilating the rebels who are
determined to kick him out from his throne and subsequently his soldiers went
on a genocide snatching 150000 and more civilian deaths. Millions displaced
from their abodes yet the blood-shed continues with no sign of peace in sight.
A son who has inherited his father’s genes finds no escape from choosing a
reign of terror across the length and breadth of the country.
Otherwise what explanation one has to offer to the massacres
of lakhs of his own country men.
Nowadays we the citizens across the world seem to have
forgotten that blessed inspiring, charming slogan ‘Jasmine’ Revolution.
With Iraq on the boil, Ukraine about to fall into a civil
war, Boko Haram, the militant outfit on a killing spree across Nigeria, more
than 200 young children held hostage according to their will and pleasure, the
Palestinian Hamas involved in deadly conflict with Israel causing the murder of
a number of Hamas citizens majority of them innocent children for no fault of
theirs’ – our world is heading to a towering inferno.
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