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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It sucks that relatively moderate politician turns out to be an autocrat again. How to build trust in this environment?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you are referring to the interim president, than the opposite is true. He was only pretending to be a moderate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Well, relatively. There was reason for cautious optimism and it’s still likely an upgrade for people in Syria even though not as much as one could hope.