Syrian Protesters Burn Russian, Iranian Flags

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2:56 PM, May 23, 2011 • By DANIEL HALPER

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Via Tom Gross: Video of Syrian protesters burning Russian and Iranian flags:

It's probably best not to make too much of this, but as Gross notes, "This contradicts years of 'expert analysis' by the Middle East editor of the BBC and others, and suggests President Bush and the neo-cons were right in their analysis that the people of Syria are less interested in opposing Israel and the United States, and more interested in gaining freedom from the regimes in Iran, Russia and China which help prop up the Assad dictatorship in Damascus."