How Syria's Bloodshed Drove A Peaceful Protester Into The Battlelines -- Arwa Damon, CNN
(CNN) -- "Still alive," Abu Omar said ruefully, responding to my question of "How have you been?" It's become something of a standard reply.
We'd last seen each other in Damascus almost exactly a year ago, when Abu Omar and other activists devised an elaborate plan to smuggle us into the neighborhood of Kafarsouseh, right in the heart of the capital.
We had snuck out of our hotel at dark, changing taxis multiple times, trying to shake off any government spies who may have been following us. We'd devised a "signal": if my hat was on, it meant that we were fairly confident no one was behind us. If it was off, it would let Abu Omar know that we'd been tailed. He and the other activists knew only too well the price they would pay if caught.
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My Comment: The brutal conflict in Syria has become personal for millions .... and it is because it has become so bitterly personal for so many that the eventual demise of Assad is all but assured .... the only question is how long and how many more will be killed before the tyrant is finally deposed. And what happens after that .... that is another chapter and one that I fear will be just as bloody and personal as what is happening today .... hence a continuation of a cycle of violence and bitterness that will take decades and generations to overcome.
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