Archive for February 27, 2012
How Bashshar Al-Asad learns from the US
“And of course, there’s no way to evaluate whether the vote that happened represented anything like a referendum even on the ridiculous proposal that he put forward when the guns and the tanks and the artillery are now – are still firing into Homs …
Posted on February 27, 2012 by As'ad
Voting on behalf of her entire family in Syria
This is hilarious. She admits (and then was interrupted) that she voted on behalf of members of the family. (thanks Raed)
Posted on February 27, 2012 by As'ad
Western press scandal
Just in the case of Iraq prior to the 2003 invasion, the Western press is acting with the same degree of political cowardice. They are afraid of writing or covering anything that conflicts with the foreign policies of Western governments. I…
Posted on February 27, 2012 by As'ad
Syrian National Council solves its problem
Syrian National Council solved its problem: that it has failed to represent various elements of Syrian society. Yesterday, it issued a press release in which it “extended its hand” to `Alawites. This step–taken under US pressure–is expect…
Posted on February 27, 2012 by As'ad
An-Nahar newspaper
I rarely now cite An-Nahar newspaper (the right-wing, sectarian Christian, racist anti-Syrian (people), anti-Palestinian (people). It is rarely read in Lebanon and I thought that I should ignore it as well. Yet, sometimes people share items…
Posted on February 27, 2012 by As'ad
News from Morocco
Joerg from Germany sent me this: ”it was not only that Al Jazeera did not air the documentary about the February 20th movement. Secretary Clinton cancelled a meeting with opposition groups and met the former foreign minister Fassi Fihri (from Ist…
Posted on February 27, 2012 by As'ad
A Marxist for Muslim Brotherhood?
I personally don’t understand this. (thanks Sultan)
Posted on February 27, 2012 by As'ad
More Gene Sharp
“Yet others include US political scientist Gene Sharp, known for his theory of non-violent resistance which inspired some of the key figures behind the Arab Spring, Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki who was brought to power in 2011 by the revolution i…
Posted on February 27, 2012 by As'ad
Covering Syria in the New York Times
Look at this article in the New York Times. According to the Times–and forget about politics and stick to rules of basic journalism–there are no supporters for Asad in Syria except `Alawites. Now that is factually untrue. Notice tha…
Posted on February 27, 2012 by As'ad
referenda in the Arab world
“Mr. Assad won more than 97 percent of the vote in the two previous referendums on his presidency in 2000 and 2007″. True. But you know who did better than Mr. Asad? The new US-produced president of Yemen who got 99% of the vote just two d…
Posted on February 27, 2012 by As'ad
Sadiq Jalal Al-Azm
Is Sadiq Jalal Al-Azm not well? The one I have known was very smart so how could he sign his name to this absurdity: ”but one that also has a genesis of its own in the Lebanese Cedar Revolution of 2005-6″. The “Cedar Revolution” was S…
Posted on February 27, 2012 by As'ad
A split in the Syrian National Council
This is an inconvenient news for the Western media that does not report anything that is not consistent with the propaganda interests of the Syrian National Council and its sponsors (in the region and the world). There has been a major split in t…
Posted on February 27, 2012 by As'ad
Mocking former Crown Prince Hasan of Jordan
This is a good critique of former Crown Prince Hasan of Jordan: he poses as an intellectual in Western capitals (although he never vomited any idea in his life) and he threatens protesters in Amman on Jordanian TV, and brags about his ancestors.
Posted on February 27, 2012 by As'ad
Israel Shamir and the 1973 War
Many of you sent me this article by Israel Shamir and asked for a reaction. OK, here it is: 1) I don’t like Shamir and I don’t trust him. He has a recent history of anti-Jewish pronouncements. So he does not belong to the pro-Palestin…
Posted on February 27, 2012 by As'ad
Error messages: the Royal Film Commission of Jordan
I am told that this item was causing the error messages. It is now fixed.
Posted on February 27, 2012 by As'ad
Looking for Lebanese origins
“Né le 24 mai 1972 à Paris, Thomas Langmann, producteur, acteur, réalisateur et scénariste, est le fils du producteur et réalisateur Claude Berri (né Claude Berel Langmann) et d’Anne-Marie Rassam, Libanaise issue de la grande bourgeoisie.” &nbs…
Posted on February 27, 2012 by As'ad
problems with site
If you are experiencing problems with my site, just press cancel when you get the screen of csustan.edu.
Posted on February 27, 2012 by As'ad