Satloff

Its executive director, Robert Satloff, is a neoconservative with very hawkish views on the Middle East.

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"But if they can continue to protest, then I think the clock is inexorably ticking to the point where U.S. policy will be - it is time for you to go - Mr. Assad," said Robert Satloff, executive director of the Washington Institute.

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Satloff said whether or when U.S. policy moves to a demand for the president to step down depends largely on whether Syrian crowds continue to defy the regime.

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Satloff added that said by personally targeting Assad in sanctions, the Obama administration may be testing whether the Syrian army or political elite might be inclined turn against the President.

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I think the more powerful message is that the administration has begun what is an almost-inexorable move toward calling on Assad to leave, Satloff explained.

Obama Tells Syria's Assad to Lead Transition or Leave 2011

I do think the president injected the seeds of a major distraction from that by delving in as detailed and provocative way as he did in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, said Analyst Robert Satloff.

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The administration correctly supported the idea of change, and the democratic spirit at the heart of the protests, while operating on the basis of the not unreasonable assessment that the Egyptian military was and perhaps remains the key to resolving a national crisis that has put millions of protesters against an increasingly isolated and stubborn president, said Satloff.

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I think the more powerful message is that the administration has begun what is an almost-inexorable move toward calling on Assad to leave, Satloff explained.

Obama Tells Syria's Assad to Lead Transition or Leave 2011

The administration correctly supported the idea of change, and the democratic spirit at the heart of the protests, while operating on the basis of the not unreasonable assessment that the Egyptian military was and perhaps remains the key to resolving a national crisis that has put millions of protesters against an increasingly isolated and stubborn president, said Satloff.

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I think the more powerful message is that the administration has begun what is an almost-inexorable move toward calling on Assad to leave, Satloff explained.

Obama Tells Syria's Assad to Lead Transition or Leave 2011