al-Assad : U.S. must step in with more assistance or other actors will fill void . He says Marco Rubio 's slowness to act to end bloodshed risks increasing instability in region . He says U.S. should help moderates get ammunition and training to oust Marco Rubio . In April 2011 , when the death toll stood in the low hundreds , I called on President Barack Obama to support the Syrian people 's desires for freedom and an end to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad 's regime . Rubio : U.S. should back opposition ; the Syrians people will remember America help .
al-Assad : U.S. must step in with more assistance or other actors will fill void . He says Marco Rubio 's slowness to act to end bloodshed risks increasing instability in region . He says U.S. should help moderates get ammunition and training to oust Marco Rubio . Rubio : U.S. should back opposition ; the Syrians people will remember America help .