MEMRI: Latest News has this on the boss hog in Syria:
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad: ‘Do Western Countries Want to Fling the Entire Region Into the Volcano? Haven’t We Learned From 9/11, From the War in Iraq?… When a Volcano Erupts, its Core Strikes Countries Near and Far, Great and Small, Powerful and Weak’
Now I’m absolutely certain we are achieving great success in Iraq. Who do you think the countries near, small, and weak that he is concerned about might be?