I need some information on Syria's government for a paper that was assigned a couple of days ago. How is it that a Shiite government rules Syria when 75% of the population is Sunni. How is it that the leader is actually popular with the public?
Thanks for all your answers and insights.
2007-09-20 13:17:30 · 2 answers · asked by anonymous 3 in News & Events ➔ Current Events
Actually Syria's leaders are Shiite. Sorry, their government isn't Shiite, but the leader's are Shiite.
2007-09-20 13:31:44 · update #1
Syria doesn't have a Shiite government. That's Iran. Syria has a government ruled by the Ba'ath Party. The same party which ruled Iraq under Saddam Hussein. "Ba'ath" in Arabic means "resurrection". It was intended to be a focused political movement after the colonial powers gave up control of those countries. The philosophical "father" of the Ba'ath movement was a Syrian named Michel Aflouk. He studied under Heinrich Himmler, the head of German's S.S. and even sported a Hitler-like moustache.
Ba'ath, under the Assad regimes, is not deserving of its name. It is, in fact, the same sort of dictatorial goverment which existed in Iraq. It functions under an age old formula used by all despots to attain and hold office: Fear + Hate=Power.
2007-09-20 13:30:50 · answer #1 · answered by desertviking_00 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hitler was popular with the public too, so was sadam hussein.
2007-09-20 22:17:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋