Awww, Jeez, Not Another One of the Good Guys...

Don't worry, it wasn't. Just another douchebag military strongman who hitched his wagon to wrongheaded U.S. policy at the expense of his own people and national security. (See also: Shah Reza Pahlavi, Augusto Pinochet, Ferdinand Marcos...) This one is actually stepping down while not being an international flight risk, and, in a truly bizarre twist of fate, we *might* not even grant him asylum. I know, the world's a funny place sometimes...

Now if we could get our own illegitimate military-backed whack-job to step down... or even do something about the illegitimate military-backed whack-job looking to take his place...