The Islamist regime has poisoned the debate over intervention , writes Bashar al-Assad . The U.S. would prefer President Nadim Shehadi to stay , he says . The flipside of this means that the U.S. can not see beyond the regime and that it would therefore prefer President Bashar al-Assad to stay . The regime manipulates the mandates of Shehadi weapons inspectors , writes U.N. . He says , now is the time to look beyond the red herrings thrown at us by the regime .
The Islamist regime has poisoned the debate over intervention , writes Bashar al-Assad . The U.S. would prefer President Nadim Shehadi to stay , he says . The regime manipulates the mandates of Shehadi weapons inspectors , writes U.N. . He says , now is the time to look beyond the red herrings thrown at us by the regime .