Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad.
Oppressor of the Syrians and the Lebs...
White House front man Jay Carney said Thursday that desperation is growing within Mr. Assad's government. On a trip to Cambodia, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
... sometimes described as
The Heroine of Tuzlaand at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as
Another Jeremiah S. Black...
called for tougher U.N. action against Damascus.
...The place where Pencilneck hangs his brass hat...
The U.S. comments come after Syria's ambassador to Iraq defected this week and joined the opposition. Nawaf Fares is the highest-ranking Syrian official to switch sides since the uprising against Mr. Assad began 16 months ago. A general of Syria's Republican Guard defected last week.
In a lengthy message broadcast on Arab satellite channels, the former ambassador urged Syrian government officials and military personnel to follow his lead and join the opposition. "Where' he asked, 'is the honor of killing the people?"
Fares reportedly left Storied Baghdad
...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate...
for the Kurdish autonomous region before announcing his defection. Iraqi authorities reported that he is on a visit to Qatar.