President Bashar al-Assadâs office, which promoted his âtelevision dialogueâ with the Fox News contributor Dennis Kucinich online before the channel even acknowledged that it had taken place, posted video of the complete interview on its YouTube channel as soon as the broadcast began Wednesday night.
At one point, Mr. Assad defended the use of force to put down the uprising against his rule, which has led to tens of thousands of deaths, by comparing it to the use of soldiers and Marines to quell rioting in Los Angeles in 1992. âWhat did you do in Los Angeles in the â90s, when you had rebels?â he said. âDidnât you send your army? You did.â