IN 2011, CLINTON CALLED SYRIA’S BASHAR AL-ASSAD “A REFORMER”

In 2011, Clinton Said Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad Was “A Reformer.” CLINTON: “There’s a different leader in Syria now. Many of the members of Congress of both parties who have gone to Syria in recent months have said they believe he’s a reformer.”  (CBS’s “Face The Nation,” 3/27/11)

TODAY, CLINTON CLAIMS THAT AS SECRETARY OF STATE, SHE VIEWED ASSAD AS THE “PRINCIPAL THREAT” IN THE SYRIAN CRISIS

Today, Clinton Claims That As Secretary, She Viewed Assad As The “Principal Threat In The Syrian Conflict Because Of His “Ruthless Behavior Toward His Own People.” CLINTON “You know, Al, I had a different strategy back when I was secretary of state. I can’t sit here today and tell you that if my strategy had been followed we’d be in a different place because this has so much of a dynamic of its own. What I believed then is that Assad was the principle threat because his bombarding and his ruthless behavior toward his own people was going to create more terrorists, it was going to create refugees, it was going to destabilize neighboring countries. All that has come to pass.” (MSNBC Live, Hillary Clinton Interview With Al Sharpton, 9/30/15)