Syrian Chemical Attack Survivor Calls Assad 'Worse Than Hitler'

A Syrian man who survived a 2013 chemical weapons attack in his home country said President Bashar al-Assad is worse than Adolf Hitler.

Kassem Eid told Fox Business Network's Neil Cavuto during an interview Monday he believes the Obama administration's failure to act in Syria has created a host of problems.

"President [Barack] Obama broke his promise for the red line and his argument was that he's going to take Assad's chemical weapons, well, he lied," Eid said. "Obama's inaction in Syria helped [in] fueling ISIS with the propaganda that says the west doesn't care about you, that America doesn't care about you. . . . That made a lot of people, a lot of ignorant and angry people, unfortunately, join ISIS."

The Syrian government is thought to be behind last week's chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians, including children. President Donald Trump responded by launching five dozen Tomahawk missiles Thursday night at the Syrian air base from which the gas attack is believed to have been organized.

"Assad killed 500,000 people, for the love of God," Eid said. "He displaced half of the country; he destroyed the country. He gassed women and children. . . . He's worse than Hitler."

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