U.S. Effort to Court Assad Crumbles Amid Violence By: JAY SOLOMON | The Wall Street Journal

U.S. Effort to Court Assad Crumbles Amid Violence

By: JAY SOLOMON | The Wall Street Journal

Security forces loyal to Syrian leader Assad pressed a sustained assault against protesters in one of the bloodiest episodes in the so-called Arab Spring, exposing the quandary that Obama faces in trying to deal with a man he once thought he could convert into an ally.