Hillary Clinton... sometimes described as the Smartest Woman in the World and at other times as Mrs. Bill, never as
Another Elihu B. Washburne...
has suggested the Syrian army "deliberately murdered civilians" in the village of Tremseh.
Up to 200 people are reported to have died in an army attack on the village, which would make it the bloodiest single event in the Syrian conflict.
However,
there's more than one way to skin a cat...
reports suggest that a large number of the casualties were rebel fighters.
The Syrian army admitted killing a "big number of terrorists" but no civilians.
UN Secretary General the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon
... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan...
said the attack casts "serious doubt" on President Assad's commitment to a peace plan.