On the recordDecember 6, 2011
The Syrian state has really now left the decent and conservative order of nations.
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Bashar Al Assad
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transcripts.cnn.comThe Syrian state has really now left the decent and conservative order of nations.
Ajami comments on Assad's departure from accepted international norms.
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