Bashar and his adoring interviewer

The Syrian president Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to a Lebanese news station around May 30, 2013, and he was really pleased with himself.

The lady doing the interview was a very pretty woman, and she seemed breathless and starstruck at his every word. Indeed, she did not say much of anything; mostly she was just staring at him in adoration.

Now, you know that Bashar found all this highly flattering. He was tossing his head like a young stallion, then he'd peek at the interviewer every so often to be sure she was still impressed.