Numerous explanations are offered as to why Britain and other western and Arab countries continue to countenance Bashar al-Assad as Syria's legitimate leader. But these mealy-mouthed justifications, ranging from the morally bankrupt to the nakedly self-interested, are far outnumbered by Assad's Arab spring victims – up to 800 dead and rising, on one weekend count, plus tens of thousands detained, tortured or terrorised. It's plain this blind-eyed policy to his Saddam-esque iniquities is no longer sustainable, regional analysts warn. The new realpolitik is: Assad has to go.
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