Last night I spent a great deal of time listening to Assads speeches from the beginning of this war to recent. He gave exclusive interviews in various countries....and he never blinked. Stayed calm and completely confident of what he was saying.
Assad said right from the beginning that terroists had come in and were causing much of the killing and various other happenings. He also said, early on that outside governments were equipping them...with instances mentioned.
This is not a mad man...IMO...but a leader who is watching his country being taken over by those with an agenda to take him down. Just as they did Liya, Egypt and any other leader who is not on board the Global Agenda.
I am under the impression nothing will stop Assad from protecting his country from being taken over...and he will use whatever means he has to to prevent it.....we would do the same were another President in charge of our nation instead of the one we have.
We should have kept Gaddafi too and the Egyptian president. These Islamists that have taken over are driving their countries backwards just like in Iran, Afghanistan. I am rooting outright for Assad and think John McCain is an evil old lunatic.