Obama administration officials had hoped Assad, unlike his father, would provide evidence to occur a reformer. persons hopes nowadays appear to be present waning.We are bothered he is dropping all pretenses of reform and carrots and sticks, and is up for grabs to reach obtainable vigorously with all sticks, single administrator thought recently. We are expecting him to spread the crackdown.CNNs Jill Dougherty, Elise Labott, Adam Levine and Alan Silverleib contributed to this check in.
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