It is easy to look like a tough guy at the National Press Club...

...but I wish them well.

Abandoning the strategy of democratic reform, the newly formed Syrian National Council Wednesday called for the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Damascus.

"This is a regime that cannot be reformed," said Najib Alghadban, one of several members of the Syrian National Council holding a news conference at the National Press Club.

Although council members told reporters that they had already held meetings with Bush administration officials, State Department spokesperson Sean McCormack on Wednesday said he had never heard of the group and could not comment on their activities.

The Syrian National Council is an umbrella group of Syrians living in the U.S. and around the world who say they are fighting for human rights, repatriation of exiled Syrians and the formation of political parties in Syria. "We're trying to coordinate with all oppositional forces inside and outside Syria," said Alghadban.
(Thanks to CNSNews.com.)