... sometimes described as the Smartest Woman in the World and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as
Another Edward Stettinius, Jr....
said Wednesday that
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Leveler of Latakia...
gave a "chillingly, cynical speech" in which he tried to shift the blame for the violence in Syria.
"Instead of taking responsibility, what we hear from President Assad in his chillingly cynical speech yesterday was only making excuses blaming foreign countries," Clinton said.
Clinton said he described "conspiracies so vast that it now includes the Syrian opposition, the international community, all international media outlets, the Arab League
...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing...
itself," she said.
Clinton spoke during a presser with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani whose country is a member of the vaporous Arab League, which sent monitors to Syria in a bid to end the violence against protesters.
In a speech, Assad blamed foreign plotters Tuesday for the deadly 10-month-old protests against his regime and vowed to crush their "terrorism" with an iron fist.
Clinton spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said Assad must meet the commitments Syria made to the Arab League to end the violence, withdraw heavy weapons from cities, admit journalists, free political prisoners and allow for a real political dialogue.
The United Nations
...aka the Oyster Bay Chowder and Marching Society...
says more than 5,000 people have been killed in Assad's deadly crackdown on 10 months of pro-democracy protests.