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Courage in the Face of Terror


(Weekly Standard) Lee Smith - The Syrian opposition goes into the street day after day even as it knows perfectly well what Syrian security forces are doing throughout the country. It is one thing to fear losing your life, and it is something else to see a YouTube video of someone's head blown off and then go out into the street against the same forces. The Syrian uprising, going on five months now, is one Tiananmen Square after another. Like Tiananmen, this is an astonishing human event; it is courage in the face of terror.
2011-08-04 00:00:00
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