奧巴馬加重對敘總統阿薩德的批評
U.S. President Barack Obama says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is "losing legitimacy in the eyes of his people," and has missed "opportunity after opportunity" to present genuine . Obama told CBS News Tuesday the Syrian government has perpetrated what he called an "unacceptable degree of brutality" on peaceful demonstrators protesting Mr. Assad's authoritarian rule.
Syria has sharply criticized similar remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, saying her comments were "further evidence" of "blatant U.S. interference" in Syria's internal ton said Monday that Mr. Assad has "lost legitimacy" and is "not indispensable." She also said the U.S. has "nothing invested in him remaining in power."美國總統奧巴馬說，敘利亞總統阿薩德在其人民眼中已經失去合法性，他已經喪失了一個又一個機會去展現他要進行真正的改革。奧巴馬星期二在接受哥倫比亞廣播公司採訪時表示，敘利亞政府對抗議阿薩德威權統治的和平示威民衆犯下了他所說的“無法容忍的暴行”。
敘利亞尖銳批評了美國國務卿希拉里.克林頓早先發表的言論。敘利亞說，克林頓國務卿的言論是美國公然干涉敘利亞內政的又一例證。克林頓星期一表示，阿薩德已經失去其統治的合法性，而且並不是“不可取代的”。美國對阿薩德“繼續掌權不抱任何希望”。
