We are already beginning to see some of those closest to Assad desert what they rightly view as a sinking ship. One way to accelerate this trend is to threaten war-crimes indictments by a certain date, say, August 15, for any senior official who remains a part of the government and is associated with its campaign against the Syrian people.
我们已经开始看见一些阿萨德身边的人纷纷脱身逃离。而加速这个趋势的一个方法就是威胁那些高级官员：如果他们在某个日期（比如8月15日）后依然留在政府并继续与叙利亚人民对立的话就将被以战争罪起诉。而点出这些人的名字也将使大马士革当局内部人心惶惶。