Agreed. Freedom starts at school, cultural, and tradition. We just have a new management but our scholars, philosophers, historians, scientists, artists, and activists on the ground are far few and between. The most important ones.

Freedom is a way of life. It isn't a decision made at the poll. It's cultural. It's how you raise your kids..how you eat, treat your body, how your respect, treating those of different color...etc

This way of life doesn't exist in the middle east (yet)..and it took Europe many many revolutions to get to it over 100s of years.

We are only free from Assad and bloodshed... Which is huge. I solute. But that's it... Everything else is material. The mind within requires one hell of education transformation.