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(Posted by Qifa Nabki) There are more and more pieces in the mainstream press about the price of peace, particularly on the Syrian side. Parts of two of them are reproduced below, with links to the full text. The al-Ahram column is a good survey of attitudes around the region, and it concludes realistically that […]http://joshualandis.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/asadmahmud.jpg