Syria’s army is too large and too well equipped, and recent defections not nearly important enough to slow the growing crisis there, US intelligence experts told The Washington Post today.
Diplomatic pressure on President Bashar al-Assad is having little effect, the officials said, and the only hope for a quick resolution to the bloodshed is economic sanctions.
“That leadership is going to fight very hard,” one official said in The Post. “The odds are against them, but they are going to fight very hard.”
In the most comprehensive, telling comments since the Syrian uprising began a year ago, three senior US intelligence experts said those closest to Assad are “remaining steadfast.”
Read more: http://twitchy.com/2012/03/09/new-report-says-assad-still-firmly-in-control/
