How wrong is the West about Bashar al-Assad

The biggest problem the West has with Bashar al-Assad is that to date, at least, he has not acted in line with their expectations.

But the Syrian regime is not in the business of satisfying Western
expectations, military or otherwise. And WMD wonks would do well to
marry their technical expertise to the totalitarian mindset of Bashar
al-Assad, who has reportedly told a delegation of March 8