Assad and his pals, Iran, Putin and Hezbollah play deadly hardball. They are the equivalent of Mafia thugs trying to shore up Assad's tower of villainy each for cynical geopolitical reasons, among many other sleazy motives. So far in reacting to this however, for the last two years the White House has been playing whiffleball, and we see the horrific result.

Kerry, now it is on your back and conscience to take strong action to stop these crimes against humanity. If Obama won't let you, walk away from him. Otherwise, be part of the same type legacy as the one that haunts Clinton on Rwanda. - Mac McKinney

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Kerry says 90,000 killed in Syria

Figure, cited by Saudi foreign minister, is well beyond 70,000 estimated by UN human rights chief earlier this week

By Philip Podolsky and AP February 14, 2013, 11:24 pm

Mourners walk past open graves at a cemetery during a funeral for four people killed in a raid by government forces in a neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, April 7, 2012 (photo credit: AP)

After nearly two years of fighting, the death toll in Syria has reached some 90,000 people, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday.

“I had occasion … to speak this morning with the foreign minister of Saudi Arabia. The first thing he mentioned to me was in his estimate perhaps as many as 90,000 people have been killed in Syria,” Kerry was quoted by AFP as saying.

The figure is well beyond that quoted by UN human rights chief Navi Pillay, who said Tuesday the number of people killed in Syria’s civil war is probably approaching 70,000. She told the UN Security Council that there have probably been almost 10,000 new deaths in recent weeks...........

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