Bashar Wasn't Overthrown, He was Fired

I was trying to think of the way to I was trying to think of the right way to say what happened because I don't buy the idea that the revolution succeeded and that Bashar was overthrown, was forced from power, he was toppled or what have you. I think that he wasn't he wasn't taken down. He was let go by the people who who were holding him up. Mhmm. I think Russia, Turkey, Iran, obviously, especially Russia and Iran.

Turkey, no, wasn't holding him up, but Russia and Iran were holding him up and they decided to let him go, and China.

Yeah.

That's what happened. He wasn't he wasn't forced out of power by the rebels. He wasn't forced out of power by the by the so called revolution. Mhmm. He was dropped.

When was the

Which which sorry. Which which is is what makes me also, I I have a a very different feeling about it, I think, than than most people Mhmm. Which is this could have happened a lot sooner.

Right. What what held it back? Was it Bashar trying to resist? Trying to

I think I think that I think that actually I mean, people will have their their analysis and talk about how Bashar made certain decisions about sort of reconstituting this military and corruption in Syria, and then also Russia being weakened by the Ukraine war and blah blah blah. I don't buy any of that. I don't think that any of that's the reason. I think that, in fact, the I think that the the development of Brits and the the coalescing of the regional powers to a particular Coal. Regional vision Mhmm.

For the for the for the region is what actually brought Bashar's, regime to an end. I said I said at the time, before Bashar was deposed I mean, I made that video, and by the time it was published, he was already out of Syria. He'd already fled. But when I made the video, I said that there was still a way that Rashar could save himself, which was if he were to genuflect to Erdogan, have a meeting with him and discuss matters, then there's might be a way that we could retain power. He didn't do it.

There there was a there was an arrangement that could have led him into that direction. Right? That that bricks meeting that he

That there was a didn't show up. Yeah. Well, no. There was a there was a direction that he needed to go, and he didn't go that direction. I think that that the the direction that he needed to go was to to show just like Iran has understood, I believe that Iran has understood that they need to try to show that they can be a team player and go along with the regional plan.

Uh-huh. And they're trying to show that they're willing to do that. Yeah. Russia's Russia is wanting to do it. China is wanting to do it.

Saudi Arabia is wanting to do it. Egypt is wanting to do it. Everyone is going obviously, the a national or the GFC are backing this plan, it seems to me. And BRICS is backing this plan. Now there was the BRICS summit in Kazan last month, I

think. Mhmm.

And Bashar was invited to attend. Okay. And Russia thought that he was going to attend. Russia was expecting it. And if he had gone to that meeting, he would have been able to meet with all of the most important external players that have something to do with Syria.

We would have been able to meet with Russians. We would have been able to meet with the Chinese. We would have been able to meet with Abdugan because Abdugan was there. He didn't go, and it it signaled, I think, to all of the people who decide what happens in Syria. It signaled to all of the people that Bashar is not going to go along with the regional plan.

And that was, in my opinion, the point at which they decided that they have to drop it. The same way that they decided that Hezbollah has to be dropped Yeah. And the same way that they decided Hamas has to be dropped Mhmm. And that all of the militant factions have to be dropped. They also decided that there's not a way to resolve the conflict in Syria with Bashar there because he's not gonna go along.

Right. So, basically, Iran just dropped him?

I think it yeah. Iran dropped him and Russia dropped him. Okay. Yeah. They dropped him.

Yeah. And they did the right thing. Right. But what what makes me angry is that you could have done that ten years ago.

Uh-huh.

Because that's the that that's what that's what happened, and that's what was always going to decide what happens in Syria, which is the agreement between the external chaos. It didn't happen ten years ago. It happened now Yeah. Which just means that countless numbers of people had to die because of people believing that their rebellion is the thing that was going to change things. I mean, I'm not saying that it was completely insignificant because had there not been any sort of a rebellion, any sort of civil war or what have you, then it would be difficult to necessarily incentivize or motivate Iran to drop it.

But I also think that given the given all of the other geopolitical and economic dynamics at play, frankly, if you had waited and Bricks took the course that it has taken and the and the plan for a regional cohesive future had proceeded as it has, Bashar would have been out anyway.

When you say that it had taken that taken taken place ten years ago, are you saying that the rebels delayed it or the decision makers

No. I'm saying that I'm I'm saying that believing that the armed rebellion was ever going to win on its own merit Oh. Yeah. Is you're wrong. It's That's not what happened at all.

Yeah. That's not at all what happened. The fact that they like, if they if if Bashar had gone to the meeting in Kazan I mean, of course, depending on how it went. But if he had gone to a meeting if he had gone to the BRICS meeting and and understood the necessity of him complying with the regional vision and signed on to it, then there wouldn't have been a rebel offensive two weeks ago. That wouldn't have happened.

If he had if he had said, you know, I am like, because the result of him not going to the meeting is the same as him going to the meeting and saying the wrong things

Right.

And not taking the right position. So it's it's kinda like making him an offer he can't refuse. You either go along with what we're doing, and Iran is already going along with it. So you you should understand that if Russia is going along with it and Iran is going along with it, you don't have a choice. He's he knows that now.

Yeah. He knows now that you never had a choice. You have to do what the external that's why I said, the only powers in Syria are external powers. That's the only powers that there are. And the external powers always were going to be the ones who decide what happened, how this turned out.

The external powers were always gonna be the ones. So, I mean, they could have reached some sort of an agreement before all these people had to die and all this devastation had to happen. Mhmm. But also but also, I mean, over the course of the last ten years, America has declined in its power and its reach. Mhmm.

And and that has been a key factor as well because they were they had the they they instigated and perpetuated the civil war.

Yeah. The color revolutions.

The so called color revolution. Yeah. I don't even know if really call it a color revolution because color revolutions typically are are not violent. They're not a violent armed overthrow.

Okay.

But that's that's what this was. They turned it into a civil war when it started as you could say it started as a color revolution. Maybe they did start it as a color revolution, although I think that the the initial protests were genuine. Okay. But as usual, what they do is hijack genuine.

Yeah. They hijack a genuine protest movement, radicalize it, And in the case of Syria, they brought in weapons, they brought in arms, they brought in mercenaries and militias to turn it into what they turned it into. But then, you know, over the last ten years, their their interest and ability to continue doing that, defined. So, you know, it to to have made the decision, it it's not realistic to say that a decision or an agreement could have been made to drop a Shah ten years ago.

Okay. But

it's an argument in favor of not revolting. Yeah. And having and trusting in Allah to to resolve and to bring matters to justice. Yeah. Because had you done that Mhmm.

The exact same thing would have occurred. Okay. So thing would have occurred.

Yeah. Was I trying to understand why why you made that, you know

Yeah. I mean, because my point is that ten years ago, the external powers decided with the were the decision makers as to what was going to happen in Syria. Ten years later, those same players are the ones who decide what will happen in Syria. And and they have pursued a path according to a vision for the region, and they are pursuing that path, and they are getting all of their ducks in a row. Mhmm.

They're circling all the wagons around this regional vision. And if Bashar al Assad had taken a contrary position to that vision, then the exact same thing would have been the result.

Yeah. Okay.

Because you when he was not driven out of power by the rebels, period. The rebels are a factor that were being used by the external powers. Yes. But the external powers could have done it without them. Mhmm.

And and in fact, they basically did.

Yes.

Because you didn't drive him out. Yeah. He was dropped. Yeah. He was dropped by the ones who were holding him up the whole time.

The rebels just contributed to the devastation and wreckage.

Yeah. Well, they created a lot of opportunities for reconstruction, which the GCC appreciates. Yeah. The GCC will be the beneficiaries of that.

Yeah. So,

I mean, I see it as I don't think I'd it sort of depends on whether the neocons in Washington can be reigned in or not, and whether or not they have actually properly learned that their age of dominance in US politics is over. Whether they've learned that or not. This is the sole factor determining whether or not Syria will be stable under whatever new government is formed or whether they they will continue to they'll they'll try to pick one rebel faction against another and turn it into a post Soviet Union Afghanistan. Because I think that you know, either either either pick a rebel factions against another or just create one just like ISIS. Sends in one of their, you know, custom made Islamic extremist groups to Syria to make to make problems.

But, I mean, you've got you've got the former Al Qaeda that was a the nusra

Mhmm.

Front. Japata nusra. The leader of that is now the leader of this. So you really have to just grow a new one, a new radical group. ISIS is is more or less now just the ISIS is now basically the security guards for the oil facilities for America in Deir Azul.

Listen to the irony of that.

That's what they're there for. But I think that America will pull out. Personally, think that America will pull out of Syria when Trump comes in.

Yeah. Sure.

And we're waiting so long

From time.

For Trump to actually come into office. It feels like ages. It feels like forever since the since the election before this guy's gonna get in. There's a big part of me that just feels that it's not gonna happen.

Of foreboding Yeah. Of sorts.

And just to be clear, I'm not I'm not like not because I have I I have hope in Trump specifically, but because of the faction that he represents and I believe that that faction that he represents is on board with the regional vision Right. Which will bring stability to our lands. Yeah. And prosperity to our lands. And an end to extremist Zionist Uh-huh.

You know, brutality and Allahuala. It really is showing also I don't know what you call them. I don't know if they're I don't know if you can really call them liberals or if you can really call them leftists, but there's some sort of a weird I don't know what you'd call them. International Marxists. Global Marxists or something, you know, who like the Vanessa Beatty's of the world and and and others who are not as blatantly just propaganda mouthpieces for Bashar.

Mhmm. They generally who fall on the side of Iran Yeah. And Hezbollah, and and who who propagate their propaganda as being these great freedom fighters, these wonderful noble anti imperialists standing up to the West and so on. I can't believe that they're saying all of these things just because they're ignorant. I think that they're that it's ideological with them.

But now you're really seeing very clearly how there's no difference at all between them and neocons. There's no difference at all between them and colonizers. Because they're they're they're in fact, they're the only ones that I'm seeing refer to the the the resistance groups in Syria, the current resistance groups, the ones in the HCS as jihadis.

Okay. A slur. Yeah.

Yeah. It's like a slur. Uh-huh. Characterizing them as Islamic Islamic extremists.

Alright. Yeah. And another feature that I've seen in these propagandists is the overt, overly over concern for all the shrines, all the Shia shrines.

Yeah. You know, the preservation of Yeah. Christians, they say that Christians are not only safe in Syria. Yeah. The Shia are not only safe in Syria, that that that now there's gonna be sectarian division of violence and so forth.

Right. Like, it's this is the this is the colonizer Mhmm. Rationale Divided. For why we have to decide what kind of a government you're going to have because you can't be trusted.

Yeah. That's the split.

The religious minorities in your country are not gonna be safe unless we set up a system that that advantages them over you and actually creates hostility that never existed before Mhmm. Between the the the sects, so called Mhmm. Between the different denomination or or different faiths or different religions or whatever. You create a system. The colonizers always create a system based on a prediction with no historical precedent of ethnic or religious or tribal or sectarian rivalry and violence and hatred.

Mhmm. It has no precedent.

Yeah. But

But you're afraid that we're that that that that

We'll get along.

These natives are gonna fall into this their their their inherent savagery. So we have to put we have to make it in Syria that the Alawis have to be in charge even though they are a min minute sect. Mhmm. They're a minute sect on earth and and a minute sect in Syria.

So

we have to make make sure that they're in charge and that they get all of the privileges and all of the benefits and all of the corruption is is to their advantage and so on. So you create sectarianism. Mhmm. And now if the majority is taking over, these these so called leftists again, I don't know what you really call them because then there are then there are so called leftists who are critical of Iran because of the hijab and whatnot.

Alright.

But the ones who are who who I don't know. Who consider themselves somehow the online version of or something. They love they love They They love love Hasul Right. Love Iran. And they they they really either buy into or try to sell Mhmm.

The propaganda of Iran being this great anti western power and Basil Allah being this great resistance movement. That's the only one that cares about Palestine.

Yeah. That that that's the like I said like I said earlier, a common thread between all of them, you know. And also, again, the amusing over concern for all the precious shrines

Yeah.

That has survived Yeah.

By the way, there's hundreds

years of Muslim history.

Exactly. Muslim history. Who protected those shrines in the first place?

You have those shrines remaining today Mhmm. For you to get scared about and concerned about. This is ridiculous.

You know? Exactly.

You're not fooling any thinking person.

Because again, like I said, it's I'm very sorry to to give the bad news to anyone who believes all of this propaganda. But Iran the current regime in Iran and Hezbollah serve the interest of the colonizers Mhmm. Because their function and their goal is destabilization and division. Mhmm. And then when we when we talk about the division and the and the and the sectarianism and the disruption and the interference and the and the instability that they cause, we get accused of sectarianism.

Because You're only operating on sectarian basis Yeah. To destabilize the Muslims. Yeah. And then when we point that out, you know, we're not doing that to you. You know what I mean?

Mhmm. The Muslims aren't doing that to you. We don't start militant groups

No.

In your country Mhmm. To try to make problems for you, to try to compete with the government. We don't do that to you. You do that to us. And when you do that to us and we point it out and you say we're being sick, you ain't.

But it's really they're really showing their colors, you know? That it it's I don't know what they're gonna do now because the last thing that they really want is stability in the region. The last thing that they want is for the Muslims to actually control their own affairs. Yeah. And Hezbollah is going to become extinct.

I I believe that the that the regime in Iran like I said before, the the regime in Iran is either going to be toppled, it's either going to be removed, or it is going to be forced to capitulate to such an extent in terms of how it operates that it will be unrecognizable. And according to and according to the way that you all have understood Iran to be, you will be required to denounce them as sellouts. Because according to you, they will be sellouts. According to us, they will finally stop being sellouts and actually support regional stability and prosperity. Right.

If they're able to do that. I'm very doubtful. I'm very doubtful that they'll be able to do it, and I'm doubtful that anyone is really willing to give them the chance to do it because there's so much mistrust. With the current regime. With the current regime.

Yeah.

I mean, obviously Iran itself as an entity isn't going anywhere. Yeah. But but the regime has has completely built itself on the basis of sectarian division, sectarian animosity in within the region and causing problems Yeah. And posturing.

Yeah. That is if they have if they are allowed to persist with this religious theocratic identity that they cling on to right now. Yeah. That that is replaced by the old days of the Shah and just cultural Iran.

Yeah. Iran needs to be secular.

Yeah.

Iran needs to be a secular government. Mhmm. That's the only way that they they need to be you know, like like MBS said that in his vision, The Middle East would be the new Europe. Iran can be France. Sure.

Iran should Yeah.

Be The cultural

It's very cultural. They're very sophisticated people. They're very artsy people.

Mhmm. You know? Courage.

Cuisine and whatnot. Yeah. You know? Cinema. You can be the you can be the France Yes.

Or the Middle East. Uh-huh. You know?

Syria go goes back to its old days of trading, being the trading hub, you know.

Yeah. Yeah. Everything is returning to its natural state, I believe. And I believe that that by the time our children are adults, that's what it will be. And this this was something that people need to understand.

When I'm talking about when I'm making my sort of forecast or predictions about what's gonna happen in the region, I'm thinking long term. Mhmm. I'm not saying this is gonna be this time next year, everything is gonna be grand. No. It's gonna be a bumpy road.

But but it's it it will return to what it always was. And we will see an end to Israel. And we'll we'll be able to look back on all the things. This is why this is why, again, why I say when I when I do analysis, I start from the future. Mhmm.

Looking back at today to try to put it in the context of the inevitable Muslim victory. And and it it all makes perfect sense when you put it in that context. When you understand it in a in a kind of a retrospect Mhmm. How all of these things that happening now are building the steps forward to

To that goal.

Yeah. To that to that goal, to that achievement, to that ultimate objective.

Yeah.