I had another conversation some months ago with a retired Ba'athist old-timer who claimed that Ba'athists have the means to stage a third coup d'etat and return to power within 10 hours of an American withdrawal.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	2:nsubj	_
2	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
3	another	another	DET	DT	_	4	det	4:det	_
4	conversation	conversation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	2:obj	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	_	6	det	6:det	_
6	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:npmod	7:obl:npmod	_
7	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	2:advmod	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	14:case	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	14:det	_
10	retired	retire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	amod	14:amod	_
11	Ba'athist	Ba'athist	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	14:compound	_
12	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	14:amod	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	14	punct	14:punct	SpaceAfter=No
14	timer	timer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	2:obl:with|16:nsubj	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	14:ref	_
16	claimed	claim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	14:acl:relcl	_
17	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	19:mark	_
18	Ba'athists	Ba'athist	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	19:nsubj	_
19	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	ccomp	16:ccomp	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	21:det	_
21	means	means	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	19:obj	_
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24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	27:det	_
25	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord	27	amod	27:amod	_
26	coup	coup	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	27:compound	_
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30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	31	case	31:case	_
31	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	29:obl:to	_
32	within	within	ADP	IN	_	34	case	34:case	_
33	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	34	nummod	34:nummod	_
34	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obl	29:obl:within	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	38:case	_
36	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	38:det	_
37	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	38:amod	_
38	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	34:nmod:of	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	2:punct	_
