ميدفيديف: الاسد ارتكب "خطأ فادحا قد يكون قاضيا" وفرصه في البقاء تتضاءل يوما بعد يوم

Medvedev is absolutely right. Yet here's not visionary, he's just clearvoyant, realistic. The Lebanese shabiha that help Bashar will die with him.

political reform is over 40 years too late in Syria

QI hope that Assad will be gone soon and syria can move toward a democratic pluralistic system. I am afraid, however, is that Dr Hyde will not leave anything left standing by the time he is gone. "Assad or we will burn the country" is their moto.

lool good one

It will be long and bloody, but the m.f. will fall

Unfortunately, there's still no commitment by the west to oust Assad. They probably are not sure of the outcome of such a change yet.

Medvedev's comments say it all, specially in Russia where freedom of speech is controlled. He is putin's puppet and will not say anything if it doesnt come from the kremlin directly. But sadly, it is just an attempt by Putin to show Russia doesnt support Bachar's barbaric methods but still supports that he stays president . It is only a political game

My dear and concern is not how it will end in Syria but what will that mean for the Lebanese. During Bashar's regime the M8 crowd drew strength from his regime to crush their opponents M14. Will the M14 crowd do the same if the Rebels (FSA/Islamists/etc.) win? Or will they travel the high road and reach out to the other side for true reconciliation and healing so we can move forward as one united people and not remain forever betting on outsiders to gain the upper hand against our fellow Lebanese. Yes Hezb needs to give up the arms to the State, draft non-sectarian laws, strengthen our army, demarcate our borders and place our citizenship above our religious and sectarian divides. We need to learn to compromise when we are strong and not proceed to crush the other side at every opportunity.

And, within a couple of days, this story will be denied someone else in the Russian government....

A question to this genius: Wouldn't an early on UN resolution that was obstructed by Russia have forced Assad to negotiate as you suggested.

They're all one same person.

Russia has cut the boy loose, which means that Iran has reached the end of its line of credit to buy weapons for Assad. The dye is cast and the end is very near. Mama Assad went out the back door to the Persian Gulf, and the Russions are headed out the side door through Beirut. Time for Berri and Hasouna to find a new sugar daddy

Who gave Russia the right to meddle in the affairs of Arabs who watch everyday as more innocent people are butchered by Assad and his Shite Allies who supported the Arab Spring till it reached Syria then it become a 'Conspiracy' against the "resistance"