http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2012/03/19/assad-wife-i-m-the-real-dictator.html#commentsI am the real dictator

hmm...thinking of Antoinette's guards according to history there, at least in one bloody episode quite gruesome.  Illustrating something of the problem of violence in societies and rule when it is no longer peaceful...   The logical ends to violence may be that crackdowns serve to put an end to unrest where it has occurred but may also increase the levels of internal hostilities bringing about condemnation by world communities for actions especially when they have been perceived as unusually brutal and hostile, and to this point, making more enemies then friends acting this way is costly (Machiavellian logic I imagine).  Hmm, in any even, hope there is peace regardless, and that especially that civilians are getting access to medical and food aid.