Assad Autopsy ….Too Much- Too Little – Too Late …Ounce of Prevention better than Pound of Cure

I have been in the political game for almost forty years

Living in a place like the Granite State- First in the Nation Prez Primary Territory

…party faithful (like me) have an album of all the Prez Candidates we’ve met

You name them – we’ve met them

….. and had some in depth conversations with each one

Politics is an armchair sport in New Hampshire

Something people talk about every day

What makes these local people so qualified to be in this premiere position is their sensibility

…..they shun all forms of excess, egotism, overreach or self service special interest which is the third rail

The cloisters of Special Interests we do have that clusters around Concord & Manchester keep that on the Down Low

 – act like everyone else as if the mask fell so would their support

Their success is going to be challenged in this upcoming Legislative Session as the Property Poor Towns will continue to demand Economic Equality

There is an Economic Apartheid here ..huge disparity of wealth and opportunity protected by the Country Club Elite Special Interest Group

This is a disturbing trend that echoes across the planet

The success secret is a simple one

 – Maybe not that simple for everyone

When do you know – When how much is enough?

I love the local people as they exhibit a humility that blends well with my Hellenic- Socratic – Orthodox Mindset

Παν μέτρον άριστον—Everything Always in Moderation

..constantly pushed in our faces by parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles

Here is this space of consciousness is where dictators like Assad, Corp America, Legacy Media, Wokedum take that one extra step beyond where good spin becomes demagoguery

Assad Autopsy  Exhibit #1 --- Too Much

Assad family amassed 135B USD in their piggy bank

….2B USD annual from being the Global largest manufacture of Captagon whose addictive impact has encompassed the entire Middle East

Even in places like Saudi Arabia and the GCC countries Assad’s drugs impacted their citizens

Assad being a Drug Lord made lots of enemies with powerful neighbors that he needed to survive

Such overreach… No one can sustain at this level indefinitely

How much is enough?

For corrupt individuals like Assad—you lose perspective

I feel the same way about the Property Rich Towns here in New Hampshire

That in this Legislative Session are attempting to prevent equitable funding for Public Education—How Much is Enough?

Assad Autopsy- Exhibit #2- Too Little

Meanwhile the poverty of the public in Syria would break your heart

People struggle everywhere and I observe the same in New Hampshire

In Syria this disparity is amped up on a much more massive scale

While there is no starvation – no one there is obese like in America

Food is expensive and not always available

Opportunity also possesses a huge inequality

…In Syria depending what group your family falls into within this very sectarian state

……education and future employment possess vastly different trajectories

This wealth gap extends to the average pay of Assad’s army

…much much too little to suffice being comfortable

…with that loss of comfort their comes little to no loyalty

Just everyone gaming the system to be able to get by with the necessities

Lip service with a wink and nod from the generals all the way down to the soldiers that got the cell calls from Idlib Province

…. the rebel forces telling them –we’re coming your way  

They simply took off their uniforms and went home as they were not invested in supporting a dictator that was not even smart enough to keep his troops well paid or fed

This is the challenge of Country Club Society that becomes so detached from the experiential life of others

…that they make huge tactical mistakes

Errors in today’s world which is so complex ----are easy to do

….but really difficult if not fatal to fix

On a smaller scale I’m witnessing the same here as there is growing bipartisan support in the hinterland NH Provinces of the Concord elites that refuse to share the wealth

Assad Autopsy- Exhibit #3- Too Late

While overreach is fatal …not doing your homework and staying up with all the ever-evolving facts on the ground is just plain lazy and dumb

If you’re really in this leadership game

…you are always building constituency

…..supporting allies

…keeping your adversaries overwhelmed

A great offense is always the best of the best defense

Your adversaries need to know you got the intellect, resources and resolve to go the distance – lock and loaded – You're Good to Go – RIGHT NOW

You rely only on yourself

..and of course the Divine One that is always looking over your right shoulder

This is the centering energy of your consciousness!

Assad Admin was fat, lazy and stupid

..as the dean in the movie Animal House told “Flounder”

Son, fat, lazy and stupid is no way to go through life

Loa Tzu just like Sun Tzu….author of the Art of War

Taking care of small things prevents big things from happening

Assad over confidence that others were going to do what was his responsibility

Russia- Iran – Hezbollah would hold this all together was simply foolish

In 2015 the Hail Mary Recovery against  HTS came at the expense of incredible outside investment of resources

One shallow does not make an entire summer

….by 2024 these calculations had changed drastically

Assad’s infrastructure was a House of Cards just waiting for a Mediterranean breeze from Idlib to blew it down in a fortnight

Solid players have all re-grouped into this new geopolitical order

Russia will remain having gotten the green light to retain their naval and airbases

Turkey – the Ottoman Sultanate is the new kingpin to the Syrian Vassal State

Sec of State Blinken in Ankara on Advise and Consent Mission

People that are paying attention reap their rewards

I speak with many people every day and our local elites may be surprised how little support that they possess in the provinces – so much angst

They were fortune for a favorable Trump Tailwind for their November victory

….which unless reforms find their way in this Legislative Session

…2026 the fact on the ground and their ascendancy will be vastly different

In the provinces we too are gaining strength every day with each conversation at the church, gym and the supermarket

While of course there are many many little moving interdependent parts to this complex mechanism of the Assad Story

…….These three themes best summaries

How an ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure

As for the elites in Concord

….folks are restless in the provinces

To the local disheartened

..I strengthen their resolve with each optimistic conversation

Our just cause is now not a matter of IF

…just a matter of when.

Assad’s Fall is an enlightening lesson for all Global Elites