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ars ago but not sorry for meeting with Bashar al-Assad, the man known as the butcher of Damascus, in Sy

s on immigration and guns. Tulsi Gabbard said she was "deeply sorry" for anti-gay comments she made a few years ago but not sorry for meeting with Bashar al-Assad, the man known as the butcher of Damascus, in Syria. Joe Biden expressed regret last weekend in South Carolina for his comments about working with

Trump, of course, is legendary for not apologizing, which he plainly sees as a sign of weakness. "Under my administration," Trump said during his State of the Union address in February, "we will never apologize for advancing America's interests." Asked last month if he regrets seeking deferments for "bone spur

ars ago but not sorry for meeting with Bashar al-Assad, the man known as the butcher of Damascus, in Sy

s on immigration and guns. Tulsi Gabbard said she was "deeply sorry" for anti-gay comments she made a few years ago but not sorry for meeting with Bashar al-Assad, the man known as the butcher of Damascus, in Syria. Joe Biden expressed regret last weekend in South Carolina for his comments about working with

t Trump, of course, is legendary for not apologizing, which he plainly sees as a sign of weakness. "Under my administration," Trump said during his State of the Union address in February, "we will never apologize for advancing America's interests." Asked last month if he regrets seeking deferments for "bone spurs

cal life and for that of the regime put in place in 1970 by his father, the late President Hafez al-Assad. Forty-one years in power The rule of the Assads, father and son, has now lasted 41 years, a score comparable to that of other long-lasting Arab autocrats, each apparently determined to be a préside

Arab autocrats, each apparently determined to be a président-a-vie. In no other part of the world have so many rulers clung so assiduously to power. Bashar appears genuinely to have believed that the Arab nationalist ideology he inherited, his opposition to Israel and his support for resistance movements

tly financed a London-based network of Bashar’s opponents to the tune of $12m between 2005 and 2010. A continuous whole It is probably fair to view Bashar al-Assad’s term of office and that of his father as a single continuous whole. Not only did Hafez al-Assad decide that Bashar should succeed him, but he also be

Chinese women from a path-breaking trip in 1995. “Not just names, but obscure details about people she’s met only once and hadn’t been briefed on.” State of the Union No one abroad seems interested in a subject that continues to fascinate Americans—the state of the Clintons’ marriage. The truth, at present, is har