"Scenes that it seemed we would never see again of crowds thronging the squares; the obscene riches of despots exposed, their fortresses stormed, their iconography desecrated unlocked a familiar, almost sickening sense of possibility."
"The price was so high, which makes its spoils even more dear. The moment is also different in another way."
"Because what Syria benefits from now is an understanding of the fragility of this period. To those of us who experienced it before in other countries, it felt like a time when the momentum of revolution was unstoppable and cleansing."
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