Top Syrian General Defects, Assad Freaks Out

At NYT, "Assad Issues a Worldwide Plea as a Top Syrian General Defects."

Also at CNN, "Syrian general apparently defects, says morale among troops at a low."

And the dilemmas of U.S. policy are discussed by Walter Russell Mead, "The Fruits of Inaction in Syria."

We should have toppled the sucker years ago, but it's too late for that now. It's going to play out. And the U.S. is going to pick of the "bad" rebels with Predator drones. Oh boy, this is lovely.