Assad’s regime in actual demise

I think this is untrue and dangerous. Rather than being a democratic transition, it will leave most of the torturers and murderers in place, those that don't want Assadism without Assad will then be brutalised with the support of the international community. This is one way in which the 'anti-war' movement acts as the alibi of the US in its imperial role, this was the political solution that was always going to be offered as an alternative to the phony threat of a US attack.
"What's expected is that the “Yemeni solution” will be suggested and that Assad and his comrades will be ousted. In this case, current institutions, particularly the army, along with the political and military opposition leaderships, will be assigned to manage the country. This is a good option that ends with gradually toppling the regime without destroying the country. Maintaining institutions means maintaining the state, not the regime."That alibi in detail.
"Obama’s speech to the nation last week was a pillar of sanity.
He referenced our ten years of disaster in Iraq and Afghanistan. He acknowledged that while Assad is a terrible dictator, there’s no guarantee what follows would be any better. And he conceded that the attempt to use force could lead to costs we cannot predict.
He also made it clear that he was facing down the firewall of an overwhelming public and Congressional demand for peace that would not be denied.
A decade ago, George W. Bush deceived just enough of the American public to go to war.
This time, no deal. Whatever it proves to be worth, a treaty has been signed. We have a precious moment where bombs aren’t flying. We’re a few steps back from the nuclear brink. And our economy is not spiraling down into another senseless military firestorm.
It may prove a small respite…but it’s a victory by any reckoning.
Now the SuperPower of Peace—all of us—-must make it stick."
http://www.counterpunch.org/.../syria-is-an-epic-victory.../