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President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators. Before going into the family business Pencilneck was an eye doctor...
must be given a chance because he is implementing reforms in Syria."
Following talks with French National Assembly Speaker Bernard Accoyer earlier on Wednesday, the patriarch stressed that he supports "all constitutional and political reforms, public freedoms, religious coexistence and the respect of minorities" in the Middle East.
"We must know where we are heading. Iraq's example is still in mind: are we heading towards civil wars whose price would be paid by the people, Christians in particular, as is the case in Iraq today?" al-Rahi wondered.
"Are we really heading towards the so-called New Middle East scheme -- the fragmenting of the Arab world into sectarian states?" the patriarch added, voicing "grave concerns" over such a scenario.