Bashshar waiting

Basically, Bashshar Al-Asad is just waiting for either China or Russia to emerge as the next super power.  For that reason, he sent his former ambassador to the US, Imad Mustafa, to China to help prod China to emerge as the next super power.  In other news, the regime produced more committees to study the possibility of forming yet more committees to supervise the work of the already established reform committees.  Syrians cheered in the streets: The people want more committees, they chanted.