President Barack Obama and the Democrats adopted the tyrannical regime of Bashar al-Assad to display their opposition to, and departure from, the assertive democracy agenda of George W. Bush. Many were proud to have their photographs taken with the brutal Syrian dictator–and some Republicans were, too. Here is a bipartisan rogues’ gallery of Assad’s useful idiots:
April 2, 2007: Republican Representatives Frank Wolf (VA), Joe Pitts (PA), and Robert Aderholt (AL)
April 4, 2007: Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA)
February 15, 2008: Zbigniew Brzezinski, former Secretary of State for President Jimmy Carter
April 19, 2008: Former president Jimmy Carter
February 21, 2009: Democrat Senator John Kerry (MA)
February 21, 2009: Democrat Representative Howard Berman (CA)