We met him two years ago at Tartous, a famous coastal town with the highest number of people who fell for the damn war. Ouday Ramadan is probably the fellow citizen with the highest knowledge of Syrian reality.
What strikes immediately, beyond normal body temperature (in the previous interview it had fever at 40 °, see video) is the "non-verbal": it reveals an optimism that we have never perceived previously, neither among our sources, nor with our eyes in the two reports of last year ... A ray of light that promises hope in a land wonderful, raped by years of violence, barbarism and - perhaps the worst evil - aware lies.
Soon, he will begin a rich rebuilding race. For many participating countries it will be a shamefully hypocritical activity. But History is dotted with examples of such duplicity.
The firm opinion of the writer is that - without the victory of the much-criticized American tycoon - Syria would still be a land steeped in the wrong blood. Even if the respectable replies "it must be" that nobody should ever be offended ...
