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Monday, May 07, 2012

Really?

What is Turkey's Prime Minister Erdogan getting at when he told Syrian refugees that victory is not far?

"Bashar is losing blood every day," Erdogan told the crowd of about 1,500 people less than a kilometer from the border.

"Your victory is not far. We have just one issue: to stop the bloodshed and tears and for the Syrian people's demands to be met," he said.

Assad's forces may not have suppressed the protests and resistance, but the resistance has not broken the Assad regime thus far. If victory is not far, it will need to be delivered by the Turkish army.