The simple answer is because that's who I've always thought he looks like:
He's even got the long neck, no chin, monobrow, and in some picture his hair kind of looks the same.
It is also be a statement of his own buffoonery and complete lack of charisma as a statesmen.
Dude, you are right!
I definitely see the resemblance. Heck for all intents and purposes, the dang optometrist might as well be Ed.
It's my firm belief that Assad is just a puppet. The real rulers of the country are the Baathist military junta.