The Assad gang's rule, which has been characterized at home by unparalleled brutality and endemic corruption, and abroad by support for Iranian hegemony, the subversion of Lebanon's independence, state support for terrorism against Israel, and illicit efforts at nuclear proliferation, is doomed and deservedly so.
Ackerman describes the Assad regime's actions and predicts its downfall.
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