Another of the people's demands has been met. Thank you Misera. I urge measured agitation and pressure. I commend the people and the people's army of Misera. I also plead with them for deferential regard for President Mubarak and his family as they are tried in court. The success of their trial will teach the world a lesson and will help keep the fabric of Misera society together. We must understand that President Mubarak did serve in the army and indeed risked his life for Misera. It is this same army which stood by the people to accrue restraint and considered poise in one of its own. Misera's story is one of mythic dimension and that value must not be lost even as justice is done.

Sooriyya: Assad orders a repeal of the country's age-old State of Emergency. Now the entire cabinet has been replaced, President Assad is leading the call for more rapprochement between government and the people, and earlier thousands of Syrian Kurds have been judiciously granted their full citizenship. I am proud of Assad and I encourage him to continue on the path of sustained community for Syria even as he is tested by new demonstrations and some violence. As he continues on this circumspect track of deliverable reform, the demonstrations, and therefore the attendant violence will wane and the people of Sooriyya will come to appreciate his efforts, if under duress. It takes a great leader to undertake landmark reforms under duress. This is what I had advised for Misera and that was good for Misera. The faster the rate of tangible reform in Sooriyya, the more lives will be saved. Once a people are moved to demonstrate, it is hard to stop the momentum. However, when you engage in meaningful reform and meet the demands of your people even as they demonstrate, that reform generates its own momentum that has a dampening effect on the mass movement. Afterall, the reason for the mass movement is the lack of tangible and appreciable reform. There is a marginal momentum that is mechanical and cannot stop right away even after you meet all demands. That marginal momentum is decelerated to a halt with time. This is because the genesis of the initial momentum included intervening time.  

 
I commend President Assad for his bravery and I encourage the people of Sooriyya to accord him some discretionary grace.
Haruna.




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