Assad protected by cult of incompetence
Since the outbreak of the Syrian uprising five weeks ago, President Obama has declined to call for Bashar Assad to step down as dictator or criticize his regime on camera, while Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has let it be known that many American lawmakers “believe he’s a reformer.” Slippery diction notwithstanding (“I referenced opinions of others,” she later explained) most in the administration would appear to hold precisely this view of the Syrian president.
Of course, no one labors under the delusion that Mr. Assad has actually reformed anything since taking over from his deceased father 11 years ago.… Seguir leyendo »