Let the lies begin

"Mr. Hijab, Mr. Otari said, had taken the job of prime minister only after Mr. Assad issued a threat: “You take this position or you die.”"  Let me get this straight.  The prime minister, who served for decades in the Ba`th Party and in various government jobs always believed that the Syrian regime was a "terrorist regime" (as he described it after his defection), and he only accepted jobs and position within the Syrian government under threat?   Please have mercy on our brains, please.