Robert Ford: former US Ambassador to Syria on the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s rule
Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive · Newstalk ZB
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A former US Ambassador to Syria says the collapse of the more-than-50-year Assad Regime in Syria is a happy coincidence for the US.
Leader Bashar al-Assad has fled Damascus for political asylum in Moscow.
US President Joe Biden's called it a 'historic opportunity' to build a better future.
Former ambassador Robert Ford says Biden shouldn't take credit - and Assad's control of major cities was very brittle.
"When pushed - that is, to say, when a serious armed opposition attack came - his soldiers didn't stand and fight. Instead, they ran away."
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