Good news from the Middle East

I have been very, very skeptical about the revolutions that are taking place in the Middle East. The current version of Islam is the problem. 
But this ... is a hopeful sign. Top Syrian Generals Defect – Announce Formation of Free Syrian Army to Fight Assad
The current regime has been brutal.


Administration officials have tried to "convert" the Assad dictatorship.


Via Gateway Pundit

A Syrian Major-General has deserted Assad’s army along with a group of other officers and joined the rebels.

In an Arabic video clip posted on Youtube on July 29, 2011, the officer, Major-General Riad El As’ad is seen in the company of other officers, announcing the establishment of the “Free Syrian Army whose main goal will be to fight the army of oppression headed by President Bashar Assad”.

As’ad accused the Assad regime of crimes against the Syrian people and called on the officers and soldiers in the Syrian army not to aim their weapons at the people. He further called on them to join the Free Syrian Army.