He's also using the same -- literally, the same false rhetoric that was used by Mubarak, that's been used by Gadhafi, blaming satellite news channels, blaming foreigners, blaming unnamed conspiracies.
Ted Kattouf compares Assad's rhetoric to that of other authoritarian leaders facing protests.
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