The Guardian obtained e-mails from private accounts of Bashar al-Assad and his wife . Frida Ghitis : The e-mails reveal that the Syrian president has been fooling the West all along . In a message to President Barack Obama, he said in an e-mail on March 16, 2011, " I am not going to be able to make it through this year without you knowing about my decision Ghitis : In February 2011 , Vogue magazine published a glowing spread about the fashionable first lady entitled `` A Rose in the Desert . '' Couple are creatures of the modern world ; they know how to manipulate the media .
The Guardian obtained e-mails from private accounts of Bashar al-Assad and his wife . Frida Ghitis : The e-mails reveal that the Syrian president has been fooling the West all along . In a message to President Barack Obama, he said in an e-mail on March 16, 2011, " I am not going to be able to make it through this year without you knowing about my decision Ghitis : Couple are creatures of the modern world ; they know how to manipulate the media .