bviousarmssupplyroutestotheoppositionTheLibyancivilwarwaslargelyatwodimensionalconflictPrimarilyageographicallyeast-westconflictPrimarilyaconflictbetweenthepeoplesoftheeast(Cyrenica)andthewest(TripoliandtheQadhadhfa)fortablewiththeideologyoftheoppositionLibya.NotsoinSyria.*HowisthesituationinSyriadifferentfromthatinEgyptOppositiontoAssadgrewgradually,andhaddifferentvariousorigins.MassiveoppositiontoMubarakwasimmediate,universal,andoverwhelming.Syria’sconflicthassectarianovertoneswhichhaveimplicationsacrosstheregion.ThestruggletodeposeMubarakwaswithoutasectarianangleIftheAssadregimefalls,itisnotclearwho/whatwillfillthepowervacuum.WithEgypt,therewasthearmy.TheAssadregimehasdemonstratedthatitiswillingtouselethalforceagainstitspeople.MubarakdemonstratedrelativerestraintOppositionPlayersinSyria