(Los Angeles Times) Danielle Pletka - If Syria is responsible for the assassination of Lebanon's former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri - as many observers believe - it is only the most recent in a long line of that country's transgressions. And it must not go unanswered. It marks a moment when much of the world is united against the regime of Bashar Assad, Syria's tyrannical dictator. It is clear that quashing Assad in Lebanon would strike a blow for liberty there. As important, it could strike a blow for a free Syria, and wider liberty in the Arab world. The writer is vice president for foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute.
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