Things continue to get worse in Syria. Now, there is reported to be indiscriminate firing by snipers in two southern cities where the protests began. The snipers are shooting at anything that moves; the identity of the victims is not important, only that their deaths terrorize the population into capitulation. In short, the Assad government has done everything but use chemical weapons on its people, a measure that Assad's father employed in the 1980 on the city of Homa. I assume that the chemicals will reappear soon if the protests continue.
Today, we also learned that president obama is consiering taking action regarding Syria. The USA may freeze the assets of Syrian leaders in the USA; that is the threat. Of course, it is not much of a threat since the Syrian leadership does not have assets in the USA and any small amount that may be here is already in the process of being wired out of the country. That will let Obama freeze the assets without doing anything to pressure the Syrians. In other words, it will be a show for the American people but it will have no effect. Obama is also talking about seeking a resolution at the UN to condemn the Syrian actions. Boy is that a tough move. I bet Assad is shaking in Damascus just thinking about it.
The sad fact is that Syria is a country in which a leadership change would have a great effect for the positive. Assad supports terrorists and is allied with Iran. Why doesn't the White House do what it can to get rid of him? At the very least, Obama should explain US policy. Oh, wait, there is no US policy, so Obama cannot explain it.
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