98,99,100%

Today is a yet another big day in the name of democracy; an election in Syria will decide the next president. The interesting aspect is that there is only one single person running and that is the president who is already there (Bashar Assad). Now it will only be exciting to see if he will get 98%, 99% or maybe even 100%, a vote not for him is a direct ticket in jail.
I remember when I visited Syria and Damascus that everyone was very scared of talking, not even negative about the president, but just scared of talking about politics. At some point I saw a very silly statue where the president looked like a big Mickey Mouse balloon next to him and I was laughing, suddenly people just disappeared from the area I was.
Nevertheless, the West needs him to have a stabile area to send all the Iraqi refugees to, so I think he can keep his seat as president for quite a while, even though he will be guilty on the charges against him for the assassination of Rafik Hariri.
Tomorrow we will know, 98,99 or 100.