 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Maererano naPatrick Seale, kutonga kwaAssad kwakatanga nokukurumidza uye zvine simba: hurumende yaakadzinga yaivengwa zvokuti imwe nzira ipi neipi yakauya sechinhu chakanaka. Kutanga akaedza kutanga kubatana kwenyika, kwaaifunga kuti kwakanga kwarasika pasi pehutungamiri hwaAflaq naJadid. Assad akanga akasiyana nomutangiri wake pakutanga, achishanyira misha yomunzvimbomo uye achiteerera zvichemo zvevagari vemo. Vanhu veSyria vakafunga kuti kusimuka kwaAssad musimba kwaizotungamira mukuchinja; chimwe chezvinhu zvake zvekutanga semutongi kwaive kushanyira Sultan Pasha al-Atrash, baba veAflaqite Baathist Mansur al-Atrash, kukudza zvaakaita panguva yeGreat Arab Revolution. Akavhurira Sosaiti yaVanyori, achidzorera avo vakanga vamanikidzwa kuenda pasi pevhu, kuiswa mutorongo kana kuti kuendeswa muutapwa nokuda kwokumirira izvo vaBaathist vakanyanyisa vakadana kuti mapoka anodzorera shure: Ndakatsunga kuti hamufanirizve kunzwa muri vatorwa munyika yenyu vamene. Kunyange zvazvo Assad asina kuita kuti nyika ive nedemokrasi, akarerutsa mitemo yehurumende yokudzvinyirira. 