Where?s the Syria plan?

It?s hard to argue withPresident Obama?s call for Bashar al-Assad, the bloodthirsty Syrian dictator, to step down. But it?s also hard to discern any logic or consistency in the administration?s handling of the ongoing tumult in the Arab world.

It is obvious that Assad, like Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi, has no intention of surrendering power voluntarily. It is also clear that Assad?s savagery is a match for Gaddafi?s. Both used armored columns to put down peaceful protests. Both ordered assassinations and arrests. Both used naval vessels to shell cities that had become hotbeds of unrest.

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