Imagine the same events taking place in one of our countries. Do you think the presidents or prime ministers would simply step down if they were asked to by the masses? I actually feel for Assad for a couple of reasons. 1) It seems that alot of influence is coming from abroad which may be making him look worse to the globe 2) the mainstream media in the west are doing the same. I wonder how everyones views would be if the entire truth was disclosed to the world.