Saturday, March 16, 2013

What's With the Protest Fetish?

Syria is in the second year of civil war. The last year has been particularly intense. On the second anniversary of the first protest, this story notes the lack of protesters:

On the second anniversary of Syria's uprising, there were only small protests and a few firecrackers defiantly popping in the capital of Damascus — a grim contrast to the early days when crowds of demonstrators danced to the drums of rebellion against President Bashar Assad.

If I may be so bold, protest marches are rather pointless once you get to the stage of mass revolt. What would be the point of demonstrations? Is the Assad government unclear that people don't like it and want Assad to leave?