claim: the obama administration "called bashar assad a reformer when he was turning his russian-provided guns on his own people."
author: paul ryan
evidence_1: oct 11, 2012 ... as the republican vice presidential nominee finished answering a question  about the romney campaign's critique of the obama administration's response to  the attacks in benghazi, ... we should not have called bashar assad a reformer  when he was turning his russian-provided guns on his own people.
evidence_2: sep 9, 2013 ... paul ryan, r-wis., then the republican vice presidential nominee, charged that  the obama administration went soft on assad.the administration "called bashar  assad a reformer when he was turning his russian-provided guns on his own  people," ryan said at the vice presidential debate. ryan was ...
evidence_3: oct 11, 2012 ... we should have spoken out right away when the green revolution was up and  starting; when the mullahs in iran were attacking their people. we should not  have called bashar assad a reformer when he was turning his russian-provided  guns on his own people. we should always stand up for peace, ...
evidence_4: oct 11, 2012 ... three times during the debate, ryan accused the obama administration of being  soft on syrian president bashar al-assad. the administration, ryan said, "called  bashar assad a reformer when he was turning his russian-provided guns on his  own people." the comment ryan referenced came just over a ...
evidence_5: oct 11, 2012 ... we should have spoken out right away when the green revolution was up and  starting; when the mullahs in iran were attacking their people. we should not  have called bashar assad a reformer when he was turning his russian-provided  guns on his own people. we should always stand up for peace, ...