Tweeted: It's odd that #Obama thinks @RepWeiner should resign, but not #Assad. Sending lewd tweets violates public service, but not killing people?

Crowley “The dilemma for us is that we are at the cusp of change in a crucial part of the world,” Crowley said. “While the United States won’t control what happens, we have to be seen as siding with those who are in fact demanding change.”

He added: “I understand our reluctance to take sides, but my fear is that over time, if we fail to strongly identify ourselvse with these protesters — at the moment when it counts the most — then we will not be able to reset relations with the region as the president has said he hoped we would, beginning with his Cairo speech two years ago.”

All nicely put.