Also feel indirect elections are at least somewhat more likely than people seem to be talking about given I think he wants to avoid looking like Assad did with the 90%+ margins. It’s partly why he didn’t bother with anything direct yet imho and just did it at the conference.
Does anyone else feel that, assuming everything stays stable, Sharaa will do “birdcage pluralism”? This would probably mean a more pluralist legislature, and then a practically uncontested Presidential election in 2030 when his term expires?
Obviously the South Korea parallel isn’t perfect and the other example I have in mind is when the Brazilian Junta started loosening its grip back in the day.
Stupid reasoning but perhaps this is why people thought he’d be more of a normal dictator and less of a highly lethal cartoon character than his father was.
I don’t care if it’s been disproven. Alongside with my family friend who’s a retired Lockheed engineer, I choose to believe the 🇺🇸F-16—>🇮🇱IAI Lavi—>🇨🇳Chengdu J-10 pipeline to be true because the idea of Israel inadvertently reinforcing 🇵🇰Pakistan’s air advantage is VERY FUNNY.
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