Did Syrian president's son Hafez al-Assad, 11, goad US in Facebook post? The al-Assad family blowing out the candles of a birthday cake in what is understood to be an image released for propaganda purposes. THE 11-year-old son of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Hafez, has reportedly goaded the United States to strike Syria in a Facebook post. But its authenticity has not yet been confirmed. "I just want them to attack soooo much," Hafez al-Assad allegedly wrote, "because I want them to make this huge attack of beginning something that they don't know the end of it." Whether the profile is real or not has not been confirmed -- but The New York Times has put forward evidence backing its authenticity. The Times notes it has been "Liked" and commented on by people who appear to be the children and grandchildren of senior members of the al-Assad regime including those of the Deputy Vice President and former defence minister. While Hafez lists his college as Oxford University and says he is employed by Barcelona FC -- perhaps schoolboy dreams -- he also lists himself as a graduate of the Montessori school which has been confirmed as true. The adolescent's post also includes a call for Syrian national unity against the American threat. Maybe they will destroy the army, but they will never destroy these remnants and little bits of resistance. It's who we are, we were born to fight and rist, we will fight them everywhere until they get out if they came in the first place. The United States is poised to launch a limited military strike on Syria, White House officials told reporters, although the UK Parliament rejected such a move over fears the West could end up bogged down in a military crisis similar to the Iraq War. We will fight them everywhere until they get out if they (come) in the first place. No matter how hard they try and get us out of our holy land they will never succeed. It's where we come from it's where our roots and predecessors come from. "Syria forever and everr," the post ends, accompanied by four 'V for victory' emoticons. The Facebook post in full (unedited): 12 hours we waited... 48 hours they said, we're waiting... they may have the best army in the world, maybe the best airplanes, ships, tanks than ours, but soldiers? No one has soldiers like the ones we do in Syria, if you ask me what rank would I rank American "soldiers" I wouldn't rank them the worst because the worst are soldiers, but America doesn't have soldiers, what it has is some cowards with new technology who claim themselves liberators, they said they supported the "revolution" but actually they made it, right now we're all syrian it doesn't matter if your with or against because that's democracy, the abilty to express yourself in your own way so when people say that they are against the "regime" it's fine but there's a difference between those people and the people who claim our flag green, it's like an offense to the country, but the worst is people who accuse the army of killing them, they accuse these men who are willing to risk they're lives and die to keep us safe, of killing us, well when these people say that "the army is gonna end beacuse America will attack" I can say that when America attacks it's gonna attack every syrian, with, against, terrorists, the army. I can expect that some people may comment that America is more powerful than us, my response is that first you don't know what we have, second maybe they are stronger, maybe they will destroy the army, but they will never destroy these remnants and little bits of resistance, it's who we are, we were born to fight and resist, we will fight them everywhere until they get out if they came in in the first place, no matter how much hard they try to get us out of our holy land they will never succeed, it's where we come from it's where our roots and predecessors come from. I just want them to attack sooo much, because I want them to make this huge mistake of beginning something that they don't know the end of it, just like Hezbollah defeated Israel and the NATO and by what? What did Hezbollah have back then? Some street fighters and some small rockets and a pile of guns, but they had belief, In theirselves and in their country and that's exactly what's gonna happen to America if it chooses invasion because they don't know our land like we do, no one does, victory is ours in the end no matter how much time it takes