Ahmad Nazir Atassi
It has been almost seven months since the beginning of the Syrian uprising and no solution is visible in the future. Being the cynic that I am, I would go as far as saying that the revolt had since the beginning all the elements for its slow pace and deadlock status of today. As a child of Syria, I am certainly proud of the achievements of this collective endeavor; because breaking fear barrier and taking on a brutal dictatorship like that of the Assad dynasty is no less a miracle than the fall of Saddam Hussein without the intervention of a superpower. It is exactly this observation that makes the impasse of the Syrian revolt, for many observers knew it, and many Syrians have just come to know it, that dislodging the dictator and his cronies from power needs a considerable military force. The gap of about ten to fifteen years between the eighties generation and the nineties generation can actually explain the rashness of decision that characterized the beginning of this revolt
