Right-wing talk radio host and frequent Fox News guest Neal Boortz, who has said that President Obama “is a bigger disaster to this country than 9-11,” is now comparing Obama to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. In a post on his Twitter feed, Boortz wrote: “Trying to convince myself that under the right circumstances Obama wouldn't be another Bashir [sic] Assad. Trying .... but I can't”:

The Syrian government is currently engaged in cracking down on an 11-month-old uprising protesting the Assad family's 42-year rule of the country. The brutal suppression has resulted in many deaths. According to human rights organizations, the current military assault on the city of Homs has "killed at least 300 civilians and wounded 1,000." Numerous countries, including the United States, have pulled their diplomatic envoys from the country amid the mounting violence.

In October 2011, Boortz stated that “Barack Obama is a bigger disaster to this country than 9-11.” Asked to explain his statement, he added that “killing 3,000 people is a tragedy,” but that “killing the individualism, the self-reliance, and the self-respect of the American people, like Barack Obama has done, is much more of a tragedy.” Boortz's comments drew fire from 9-11 victims' families, who said the comparison was an insult.

In December 2009, Boortz similarly wrote on his Twitter feed that 9-11 was "[h]orrible," but “the damage Obama and the Dems are doing will surpass this tragic event.”