"Good Egyptian source just back from Washington says israel is syrian regime's most ardent advocate with congress, Obama administration."
https://twitter.com/#!/bencnn/status/66528775210401792
Maybe this why the US remains silent regarding Assad's brutality and killing of his own citizens. Of course it is oil why the US remains silent over the Bahrain governments brutality and destroying of mosques belonging to the Shia faith which is the majority in Bahrain.
Fatboy sez: What. Me Worry?