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Reminderâ¦Assad was democratically re-elected by a landslide in the midst of a war that began as an attempt to overthrow his regime & yet the opposition & their international backers denounced the election as a farce. Ironic how democracy is only considered legitimate if it benefits the aggressorsâ¦ (self.conspiracy)
And yet President Bashar al-Assad and his supporters find a way. On Wednesday, al-Assad was sworn in for his third term. It's an outcome pretty much everyone expected -- not because he is popularly adored, but because his family has ruled Syria since 1971. And no real contender ran against him. Three years of civil war have left much of the country in shambles.