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On the recordApril 2, 2014
It was really a fight for power. In that part of the world, which is highly pluralistic--you know, minorities are aligning themself with Assad for one reason, survival.
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Brian Higgins
Democratic · New York

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Higgins argues that the conflict in Syria is about power, not democracy.

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