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I have been Assadmaxxing for years, but it is important to note that he was giving speeches on epic Baathist third way-ism up until like a week before everything went to hell. His government's refusal to engage on a higher level with Russia and China was a major error. It was based on old school Cold War thinking about maintaining sovereignty.