An anonymous dispatch from Syria touches on the mood in Damascus, the capital city:
[T]here is widespread feeling of amazement that the revolt has lasted this long – and that it continues—and touches so many. Older men chastise themselves for having silently put up with this regime for four decades until taught by their sons and daughters that enough was enough. "I’m embarassed," a middle-aged professional in Damascus confided. "We focussed on navigating our own lives and now our children are paying the price." One man told me he has not yet been to register his newly-born daughter with the authorities. "I am waiting for after—after—so I can call her Thawra, Arabic for revolution."
(Photo: Syrians living in Greece participate in a rally in central Athens to raise awareness of the situation in Syria on December 4, 2011. For almost nine months, Syria has been gripped by a crisis that now risks spiraling into all-out war. By Louisa Gouliamaki/AFP/Getty Images)
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