By Mick Krever, CNN Syrian defenses under a western attack would “collapse right away,” a former Syrian general told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Tuesday. Akil Hashem dismissed as “just excuses” the idea, promoted by Western intervention skeptics, that Syrian air defenses are very sophisticated. It was an idea articulated by Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the … Continue reading Air strikes would wreck Assad, says former Syrian general