White House: "Syria would be a much better place without President Assad!"

Via FLC

"... The two leaders agreed that the bloodshed must immediately end, the White House said. Separately, presidential spokesman Jay Carney stopped just short of calling for President Bashar Assad's ouster, saying that Syria "would be a much better place without him ...  

We believe that President Assad's opportunity to lead the transition has passed," Carney told reporters traveling on Air Force One with Obama to Michigan...  

The White House said Obama and Erdogan also agreed that the demands of the Syrian people for a transition to democracy must be met, and that the pair agreed to consult closely in the coming days as the situation in Syria develops..."

Clinton: "We are going to say 'he has to go', but we need others to follow!"

"... Clinton: Well, I think we've been very clear in what we have said about his loss of legitamacy. But what we really need to do to put the pressure on Assad is to sanction the oil and gas industry. And we want to see Europe take more steps ... And we wanna see China... We wanna see India... We want to see Russia ...
Pelley: You're not going to say he has to go?
Clinton: We are, I think, building the chorus of international condemnation. And, rather than, you know, us saying it and nobody else following, we think it's important to lead and have others follow as well..."

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