Are you horrified by what Bashar Al Assad, the president of Syria, is doing to his own people? Bombing civilians, burning cities and neighborhoods to the ground, killing babies by the thousands, turning millions of Syrians into refugees? When I tell you about his father, you may have to forgive him, for ruthlessness and the determination to hold on to power at all costs is his inheritance. It has been ingrained in him since birth. His father, … [Read more...]