Hillary

"Assad's days are numbered."  Is it stupid to point out if Bush said something like this, he would be considered brash, dumb, and overly aggressive?

Nevertheless, if the Assad regime falls it will be Iraq, Egypt, Libya, and Syria in 8 years - four major autocracies in the Middle East gone and replaced with fledgling democracies.  Maybe the Arabs aren't "capable" of democracy as many here (and there) believe, but we're going to find out.  And I rather think they deserve at least a shot at it.  Dictatorship will always be able to return, if the experiment fails.

Imagine 10 years down the line when Iran and Saudi Arabia are surrounded by democracies, oil consumption is dropping and we get most of our stuff from fracking fields in the US and Canada.  Is that foolish to hope for?