"It is not possible to use terrorism as a card and put it in your pocket. Because it is like a scorpion which won't hesitate to sting you at any moment," said Assad.
He was speaking of future blowback for Turkey's support of Syrian rebels and was not reflecting on his own support for Baathist and al Qaeda terrorists in Iraq by hosting them in Syria during the Iraq War which has led to jihadis and Iraqi Sunni Arabs turning on him today.
But he's at least making progress down Reality Boulevard.
