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That is the more minor issue, Syrian Baathism lost much credibility because they backed Iran when Iraq was trying to "liberate" ahwaz.

I have met many baathists, and am on the baathist facebook group, and while none support Syrian opposition, the people nicest towards assad only give halfhearted support like "dont bomb syria." Most have an open dislike for Syrian baathist (especially due the fact besides my first point (the biggest point) second is, Syria had a major neo-liberal turn after 2000. Assad is probably the most disliked baathist, which is why many people defected, because Syrian baathism had morphed into not baathism at all, which seeks to establish a common arab nationalist rule, but "minority rule." The fundamental issue though, is most see Assad as a puppet of Iran, so not a true baathist or arab nationalist.