Anne Applebaum

If Twitter becomes a, you know, not a neutral platform where we can all have a debate, you a platform with a clear political agenda, then it's going to become a difficult problem also for, you know, for a lot of countries and not because it's Russian influence, but because it's American far right influence. And I don't know how people are going to deal with it. Maybe, you know, maybe.

They'll discount it or ignore it or we'll all decide that it's free speech and end that. Again, there are countries who have different rules from the United States, you know, who have a different way of conducting elections and political debate. And those are their rules and they created them. And the question is whether or not they get to keep them or not.

They'll discount it or ignore it or we'll all decide that it's free speech and end that. Again, there are countries who have different rules from the United States, you know, who have a different way of conducting elections and political debate. And those are their rules and they created them. And the question is whether or not they get to keep them or not.

They'll discount it or ignore it or we'll all decide that it's free speech and end that. Again, there are countries who have different rules from the United States, you know, who have a different way of conducting elections and political debate. And those are their rules and they created them. And the question is whether or not they get to keep them or not.

And maybe the answer is no, I don't know.

And maybe the answer is no, I don't know.

And maybe the answer is no, I don't know.

So, I mean, you've all know, we all know by now what happened in Syria. What happened was that the Russians withdrew their support from the regime. They were fighting their war in Ukraine. They ran out of stuff and equipment and men and they took it away. You know, the Israeli attack on Hezbollah damaged the main Iranian, you know, form of support for the regime as well.

So, I mean, you've all know, we all know by now what happened in Syria. What happened was that the Russians withdrew their support from the regime. They were fighting their war in Ukraine. They ran out of stuff and equipment and men and they took it away. You know, the Israeli attack on Hezbollah damaged the main Iranian, you know, form of support for the regime as well.

So, I mean, you've all know, we all know by now what happened in Syria. What happened was that the Russians withdrew their support from the regime. They were fighting their war in Ukraine. They ran out of stuff and equipment and men and they took it away. You know, the Israeli attack on Hezbollah damaged the main Iranian, you know, form of support for the regime as well.

And then suddenly it turned out that the regime was not only was it bankrupt, but it was unable to protect its people. So here's to me what was the most interesting thing about the fall of Assad was that when the rebel movement came into Aleppo, they took it not after this bloody, bitter battle in which lots and lots of people died. They basically walked in.

And then suddenly it turned out that the regime was not only was it bankrupt, but it was unable to protect its people. So here's to me what was the most interesting thing about the fall of Assad was that when the rebel movement came into Aleppo, they took it not after this bloody, bitter battle in which lots and lots of people died. They basically walked in.

And then suddenly it turned out that the regime was not only was it bankrupt, but it was unable to protect its people. So here's to me what was the most interesting thing about the fall of Assad was that when the rebel movement came into Aleppo, they took it not after this bloody, bitter battle in which lots and lots of people died. They basically walked in.

And then once they walked into Aleppo, then they walked into a bunch of other cities and villages, and then they basically walked into Damascus. And that is, to me, is really interesting because it means that the army, the police, the security apparatus, you know, the people who worked for Assad suddenly lost their belief that he would protect them. Right.

And then once they walked into Aleppo, then they walked into a bunch of other cities and villages, and then they basically walked into Damascus. And that is, to me, is really interesting because it means that the army, the police, the security apparatus, you know, the people who worked for Assad suddenly lost their belief that he would protect them. Right.

And then once they walked into Aleppo, then they walked into a bunch of other cities and villages, and then they basically walked into Damascus. And that is, to me, is really interesting because it means that the army, the police, the security apparatus, you know, the people who worked for Assad suddenly lost their belief that he would protect them. Right.

And all of these people, everybody who's in the army or in the police or wherever, they all also live in this country that has been ruled by this unbelievably brutal system for a long time. And they all have cousins and friends and relatives and acquaintances who were in prison or who were tortured or who are refugees because everybody just everybody does in a state like that.

And all of these people, everybody who's in the army or in the police or wherever, they all also live in this country that has been ruled by this unbelievably brutal system for a long time. And they all have cousins and friends and relatives and acquaintances who were in prison or who were tortured or who are refugees because everybody just everybody does in a state like that.

And all of these people, everybody who's in the army or in the police or wherever, they all also live in this country that has been ruled by this unbelievably brutal system for a long time. And they all have cousins and friends and relatives and acquaintances who were in prison or who were tortured or who are refugees because everybody just everybody does in a state like that.

They're loyal to the regime because the regime pays them, presumably, or because it gives them some kind of access to goods. That's how it works, for example, in Venezuela or in Cuba, but also because it protects them from the wrath of their fellow citizens. And once they... lose that. Once the regime appears weak, then it was a collapse.