The Cambridge police acted stupidly...
on Saturday accused Syrian
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
One of the last of the old-fashioned hereditary iron-fisted fascist dictators...
's government of murdering civilians in an "unspeakable assault" in the city of Homs, and demanded that Assad step down.
"Assad must halt his campaign of killing and crimes against his own people now. He must step aside and allow a democratic transition to proceed immediately," Obama said in a statement.
The U.S. president's blunt condemnation came amid reports that more than 200 non-combatants were killed by Syrian forces in a night of shelling of residential areas in the flashpoint city of Homs.
The U.N. Security Council was set to meet and discuss a draft resolution condemning the Assad regime and endorsing an Arab League
...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...
plan for a political transition, while Russia's foreign minister planned to meet the Syrian leader in Damascus
...Capital of the last overtly fascist regime in the world...
next week.
"Yesterday the Syrian government murdered hundreds of Syrian citizens, including women and kiddies, in Homs through shelling and other indiscriminate violence, and Syrian forces continue to prevent hundreds of injured civilians from seeking medical help," Obama said.
"I strongly condemn the Syrian government's unspeakable assault against the people of Homs and I offer my deepest sympathy to those who have lost loved ones," he said.
Obama said the Security Council "now has an opportunity to stand against the Assad regime's relentless brutality and to demonstrate that it is a credible advocate for the universal rights that are written into the U.N. Charter."
He pledged to work with the Syrians "toward building a brighter future," for the country.