One day before American President Barack Obama is set to make the case for attacking Syria on
six television networks, Syrian President Bashar Assad
goes on PBS to warn against making such an attack:
President Bashar Assad warned Sunday that if President Obama decides to launch military strikes on Syria, the U.S. and its allies should "expect every action" in retaliation.
Of course, Assad argued that the retaliation wouldn't necessarily come from his government, but could instead come from his political opponents or other regional actors, including Iran, and that it might include chemical weapons ... but only if the "rebels and terrorists" have them, because of course he's never contemplated having such things. Assad also said the U.S. shouldn't strike Syria
because:
This is the war that is going to support Al Qaeda and the same people that kill Americans in the 11 of September.
Personally, I find Assad's scaremongering against attacking about as convincing as I find the scaremongering in favor of attacking, but I guess at least there's one thing that that the scaremongers can all agree on: That if you're not with them, then you're with Al Qaeda.
Email your member of the House of Representatives, letting him or her know your opinion about a military strike on Syria—whatever your opinion may be.
7:44 AM PT: The initial post left out "or other regional actors" in the first sentence of the second paragraph, which I've added in.