Barack Obama

leaving after the 2014 election anyway, so he may not care what the baggers think.

The most interesting thing I've come across is that the Arab League is now negotiating with Assad's replacement, the Syrian National Coalition. They sent in people to monitor his abuse of citizens since the Arab Spring and did not like what they found.

The asked Assad once more to quit doing what he was doing in 2012 and when he continued, in March of this year they suspended him from the Arab council.

The same thing happened to Quadaffi because of his actions against the Arab Spring protestors in Libya. They removed him from his seat and later gave it to the interim government there.

In neither case does the Arab world feel invaded by the USA. They have asked Kerry to remove Assad for them as they do not act militarily as a group yet.

It's still a miserable thing all around, that Assad did not break his father's own genocidal pattern and do something to improve Syria. It may be that he could not do anything but stay in power.

The Russians think he is still in charge according to a new Putin interview, but facts on the ground say otherwise.