Syria: Commentators Criticize U.S. Policy

American commentators have criticized the Obama administration’s “tepid” response to violence in Syria, as well as Senator John Kerry (D-MA) and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton referring to Assad as a “reformer.”   In contrast, Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-NY), ranking member of the House Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, said “Assad is not a reformer. Anyone who thinks so is at best fooling themselves, and at worst, serving as a useful idiot to a murderous dictator and a proud sponsor of terrorism.”