with which he has become so comfortable. The unrest in Syria may have afforded President Assad one last chance at being something more than simply Hafez al-Assad's son. David W. Lesch, a professor of Middle East history at Trinity University, is the author of "The New Lion of Damascus: Bashar al- Asad and Mode

with which he has become so comfortable. The unrest in Syria may have afforded President Assad one last chance at being something more than simply Hafez al-Assad's son. David W. Lesch, a professor of Middle East history at Trinity University, is the author of "The New Lion of Damascus: Bashar al-Asad and Moder