Mubarak acquitted over protesters' deaths

[Mr. Morden]

Shocked.

I wonder if Assad ever feels he should have just gone the Mubarak route, he could have made a comeback or at least lived in peace without destroying his country.

The huge difference is of course the sectarian divide in Syria, and the fact that Assad is part of a minority group.  Hard to see how Assad could have given way to his own equivalent of Sisi in that case.