US Vows to Prevent War in Syria if Damascus Breaks Ties with Iran
http://www.strategic-culture.org/news/2013/04/21/us-vows-to-prevent-war-...
"...Of course, in the very first few weeks of the conflict in Syria, the US Secretary of Defense sent a message to the Syrian government, and said we should have cut our ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran if we wanted to stop the war and stressed that if we did so, they would provide us with whatever we wanted.'
According to US Senator Rand Paul, the US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, not only supervised the shipment of weapons to the Syrian opposition, but also recruited jihadists for the Syrian opposition..."
Syria President Bashar al Assad Interview (and vid)
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article34683.htm
"Syria's president had a lengthy interview with Syrian Ikhbariya News Channel on the occasion of Syria's Independence Day, 17 April, 2013. Video embedded below with English subtitles."