Ever since it kicked off this macabre dance by shooting a bunch of teenagers in 2011, the Assad regime has masterfully manipulated Syria’s struggle—and story. Not only has it escalated, militarized, and radicalized the struggle, from a peaceful contest for control that it never could have survived to a war that it has survived for … Continue reading A Shared Shame: How Assad and His Apologists Manipulated Syria’s Struggle and Story—and Why That Matters