you should read up on how the people in charge in all these places got to be the people in charge. Fascinating stuff and yeah Colonialism plays a massive part.
Syria: What Next?
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you should read up on how the people in charge in all these places got to be the people in charge. Fascinating stuff and yeah Colonialism plays a massive part.
This pretty much sums up how I feel about society and, ahem, college football right now. We are now fully in a narcissistic society, get mine, others be damned.
Make peace with what we can, and don't make the Bush mistake of trying to build a Western democracy in a culture that is not predisposed to even understanding those ideals.
I salute the fall of any murderous dictator, but I'm more Burkian (as in Edmund Burke). He said that (I'm paraphrasing) we should always be careful with the fruits of a revolution...as we can also have the worst result coming out of it.
That being said, I have a real sad for Vladimir and the Ayatollahs at the moment.
We had a guy in the dorm in college who had come directly from Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. His uncle was a long-term state Senator in the Mississippi Delta, and the guy started learning English while visiting there.
It was hilarious to hear broken English coming from the guy - in a slow, Mississippi drawl. Especially when he started cursing.
He didn't know that I knew a few Arabic curse words. One day, he started testing out his English curse words and I told him(to the effect) "<fornicate> your whore sister". I thought he was going to kill me.
We are a net petroleum exporter. The problem is that different refineries are set up for particular kinds of crude, so it's inevitable that we - and other producers - will always remain both buyers and sellers...
Assad Returns To Ophthalmology At Moscow LensCrafters
MOSCOW—Just days after rebels seized Damascus, deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reportedly returned to practicing ophthalmology at a Moscow LensCrafters, sources confirmed Tuesday. “Which one is better—one or two?” said the former brutal dictator who had imprisoned, tortured, and killed...
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I would not want an eye doc who'd been practicing as a butcher for 13 years to cut on my eyes. I remember well when he took over. I thought "How bad can a middle-aged ophthalmologist be?" Boy, did I get a lesson...Assad Returns To Ophthalmology At Moscow LensCrafters
MOSCOW—Just days after rebels seized Damascus, deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reportedly returned to practicing ophthalmology at a Moscow LensCrafters, sources confirmed Tuesday. “Which one is better—one or two?” said the former brutal dictator who had imprisoned, tortured, and killed...
Which reminds me, did you get that new cane and tin cup full of pencils I sent you for your birthday?
"You're okay, you're okay."
A remarkable moment as CNN's @clarissaward and her team find a Syrian prisoner left behind in a secret prison, alone and unaware the Assad regime was no more.
A remarkable moment as CNN's @clarissaward and her team find a Syrian prisoner left behind in a secret prison, alone and unaware the Assad regime was no more.
"Syria is free."
Extraordinary moment as @clarissaward and her team witness a Syrian prisoner freed from a secret prison in Damascus. Left alone for days without food, water or light, the man was unaware Bashar al-Assad's regime had fallen.
Extraordinary moment as @clarissaward and her team witness a Syrian prisoner freed from a secret prison in Damascus. Left alone for days without food, water or light, the man was unaware Bashar al-Assad's regime had fallen.
Israel is busily bombing the hell out of everything they know of. I'm sure they can't get them all, though...
In regards to my previous posts (#34 & #35)........oops........
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هل لفقت CNN قصة "تحرير معتقل سوري من سجن سري"؟ | تأكد
نشرت قناة CNN عبر موقعها الإلكتروني، وعبر منصة "يوتيوب" و"إكس" بتاريخ 12 كانون الأول/ ديسمبر الجاري، تقريرًا مصورًا بعنوان "مراسلة CNN توثق لحظة صادمة للعثور على معتقل محتجز بسجن سري في سوريا يجهل خبر الإطاحة بالأسد" يظهر فيه موفدة القناة "كلاريسا وارد" رفقة شخص يحمل السلاح وهم يفتحون إحدى...
That "discovery" looked pretty sketchy from the outset. And given CNN's desperation to get viewers, not really all that surprising.In regards to my previous posts (#34 & #35)........oops........
هل لفقت CNN قصة "تحرير معتقل سوري من سجن سري"؟ | تأكد
نشرت قناة CNN عبر موقعها الإلكتروني، وعبر منصة "يوتيوب" و"إكس" بتاريخ 12 كانون الأول/ ديسمبر الجاري، تقريرًا مصورًا بعنوان "مراسلة CNN توثق لحظة صادمة للعثور على معتقل محتجز بسجن سري في سوريا يجهل خبر الإطاحة بالأسد" يظهر فيه موفدة القناة "كلاريسا وارد" رفقة شخص يحمل السلاح وهم يفتحون إحدى...
In five years time, Syria will be led by a warlord who looks and acts a lot like Assad did.
Assad came about due to certain societal conditions. Unless those conditions are changed, the conditions will produce the same thing again.
Changing those types of societal conditions is extremely difficult and requires a significant stimulus and, depending on where the society started, a lot of time.
Assad came about due to certain societal conditions. Unless those conditions are changed, the conditions will produce the same thing again.
Changing those types of societal conditions is extremely difficult and requires a significant stimulus and, depending on where the society started, a lot of time.
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