Sami Hamdi (@SALHACHIMI) | Geopolitical Analyst | The International Interest: In 1991 Mladić & Karadžić said there will be no Muslims left by the end of the war. But they ended up in the Hague. Muslims of Bosnia are still there today, rebuilding & returning to ethnically cleansed areas, surviving a genocide against all odds. You don't predict the future by who holds power today. You predict it by one simple metric: injustice doesn't last. Israel tried to colonize Palestine for 78 years - with military superiority, British then American backing, superior technology. But it still hasn't taken all of Palestine & is stuck in existential crisis, losing support because Palestinians keep standing in the way. The real measure of power is not having weapons, but a people's willingness to sacrifice. They sacrificed in Algeria - it became free. They sacrificed in Egypt - it became free. They are sacrificing in Palestine & it is destined to be free.

Sami Hamdi (@SALHACHIMI) | Geopolitical Analyst | The International Interest: We forget how rapidly the world changes. Assad was supposed to be there forever. Syria today is on a different path - toward rebuilding. Ben Ali of Tunisia was supposed to be there forever but a street vendor burned himself in protest & sparked an Arab Spring that toppled regimes across the region. The outcomes weren't always what people hoped for. But the dictators fell - when nobody thought they would. The natural progression of history is that the oppressed always wins. Even when you least expect it.