On Assad's Interview with Barbara Walters

Mind boggling ... Utterly mind boggling ... A detached demeanor pointing if nothing else to a man truly not running the show at all ... or perhaps a man who does not feel cornered pointing, dare I say, to a Farsi retirement strategy ... ?

You are invited to reach your own conclusions. Here's the interview: 
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/newsmakers/abc-exclusive-defiant-assad-denies-ordering-bloody-crackdown-111944523.html