Samar Yazbak in the Guardian

Basically, any insults against the Syrian regime rings poetic in the Western press.  Imagine if any liberal or even leftist publication were to publish such language about an Israeli butcher: "Assad is a tyrant, a murderer and a sadist. Whatever is to come, it cannot be worse."  Why not just say: Asad is a motherfucker and I don't care who rules Syria unless it is not him.  Is that not more poetic?