Bashar al-Assad x Osama bin Laden
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria. Bashar has amazed Western presidents by holding onto power for more than nine years in the face of a rebellion by a large part of his population. Unlike his former counterparts in Tunisia and Egypt, he gave orders to crush the dissent, rather than tolerate it, after protests against him and his government began in 2011. A true sign of an all powerful and intelligent Dictator. Born on 11 September 1965, Bashar al-Assad was not always destined for the highest office. As the second son of President Hafez al-Assad, he was largely left to follow his own interests. He graduated from the College of Medicine of the University of...