To top it all off, Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, ostensibly Turkey’s closest new ally, emerged as the most oppressive and bloody regional tyrant. Assad has now spent the better part of 2011 killing his own people as they demonstrate for liberalization and reform.
最糟糕的是，土耳其表面上的新紧密盟友、叙利亚总统阿萨德露出了他中东地区最反动、最血腥暴君的真实面目。在2011年的大部分时间里，阿萨德都在忙于屠杀进行自由化改革游行的本国人民。