...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
head Anders Fogh Rasmussen dismissed presidential elections in Syria as a "farce" Tuesday, saying they did not meet international standards.
"The Syrian presidential election is a farce," Rasmussen said as he went into a NATO defence ministers meeting.
The vote "does not fullfil international standards for free, fair and transparent elections
| They are in the middle of a civil war, being presented with the choice between the old tyrant or the new religious totalitarians. Naturally, nothing less than a perfectly executed Scandinavian election will do. |
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Leveler of Latakia...
is expected to win a crushing victory over two little known challengers in the elections which the Syrian opposition have also condemned as a "farce."
There was no voting in the roughly 60 percent of the country outside the control of Assad's government, which includes large areas of second city Aleppo.