USAs tålmodighet er slutt. Obama vil be Assad om å gå av. Han har utspilt sin rolle.

Obama har ventet to år på at Assad skulle forandre seg. Det har ikke skjedd. I stedet er han blitt stadig mer brutal. Nå er det game over etter mange advarsler.

The Obama administration is preparing to explicitly demand the departure of Syrian President Bashar Assad and hit his regime with tough new sanctions, U.S. officials said Tuesday as the State Department signaled for the first time that American efforts to engage the government are finally over.
The White House is expected to lay out the tougher line by the end of this week, possibly on Thursday, according to officials who said the move will be a direct response to Assad’s decision to step up the ruthlessness of the crackdown against pro-reform demonstrators by sending tanks into opposition hotbeds. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal administration deliberations.

AP Sources: US to tell Assad that he must go