"Long Walk" by Chris Ellery
Here is a poem by Chris Ellery, a wonderful poet I chanced upon in Damascus this summer. His poem, "Long Walk" is a good tonic after all the politics.
Chris Ellery
2661 Yale Ave.
San Angelo, TX 76909
Chris.Ellery@angelo.edu
Long Walk
When you walk all day with someone
and neither knows the other’s language,
you will find much to talk about.
Rafik is Arab. His letters are sun and moon.
On the maseer, the “long walk,”
where we meet, we pass
through orange groves, olive groves,
through the ancient rugged country, up
and down a twisting way.
Taking my arm, he says a hundred times,
“Hello.” His only word of English.
“Hello”—again and again until it becomes
HOL-low, hilloh, HAY-L-O-O-O-O—
just to break the silence
with a bright, round nimbus of speech.
He gives me cigarettes, food, plucks
oranges from the trees to sweeten my walk.
When we come to a village, I am
the first to drink the cold well water. When dark comes
to “Hyena Heaven,” and I am
so tired, he points his torch
before my feet
to light the treacherous path.
Without light,
without food or smokes,
how can I reciprocate?
“Shukran.” Thanks. That is my one word.
Well, that was years ago.
Rafik has learned a little English,
I a little Arabic.
Meeting half way like this, we find
more and more to say,
more and more in the wordless quiet
our footsteps leave.
posted by Joshua Landis @ 9/25/2005 11:36:00 AM
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A Poem by SSPRS writer "The short walk" Here is a poem that will raise your imagination from awonderful poet I chanced upon in Oklahoma this summer. The poem titled, " Short Walk" this shall raise your spirit.
Short Walk
I saw her from afar
her hair is glowing
she is wet
socking wet
I swa her take one
the first step
it intrest me
it ix exciting
I touched myself
through the Satin sheet
it was wet
already
I kept starring
she took a step
and she was glowing
I felt the heat
she took another
third step
and she was on top
She was wet
I was wet
we started praying
oh god
please keep Assad
in power
oh god
please make Landis
a human
feel like a human
feel for the Syrian
suffering
How can I reciprocate
"Shukran" Thanks
Meeting half way
nothing to say
more and more silence
Three footstep
a short walk
Art now? This blog is beginning to look like the Angry Arab news service ;)
Poem: Freedom
No master to report
No labor to resort
No shackles to me confine
The choice here is all mine
I am free
I am me
No Osama in the melodrama
No government dictating my life
I am free by the law
Freedom is my department store
Around me all creatures are free
to me, that's what should be
Freedom is not free…
there were sacrifices for you and me
Remembering the blood sweat and tears…
for freedom’s endurance through the years
Thanks to those who have paid the price…
the sacrifice for freedom, is one of life
AFTER THE REVOLUTION
(1994) Albany
Under the terrible dictatorship
we knew we had no freedom
to speak or to publish,
and we thought
we had freedom of thought
and imagination.
We could eat and drink frugally, quietly,
be quietly proud of our frugal lives,
and think ourselves modestly
self-sufficient.
We did with so little for so long
that we thought we could do anything
with nothing.
Today we realise that our imaginations
were stringless kites.
Because of the dictatorship
we are poor and unwrought.
We don't know what to think
in a world of multiple pollutions and corruption
where everything is bought
- even despised asceticism.
We have no faith in our truncated
sneered-at, jeered-at nation.
Those of us who dare to think
think secretly that there is no such thing
as freedom of thought.
There were no tourists before,
but now they come, under the new dispensation,
like old men's dribbles without let or hindrance,
not to admire the unravaged landscape but to pity
and savour our demoralisation.
Hell, I am more stressed than Bashar about the Mehlis report and the fix that is going on now. This is the last hope to free Syria gradually and orderly. Any bargainning before hand will be nothing more than empty promises by Assad.
Metaz K.M.Aldendeshe
What will change inside Syria after Mehlis reports to the UN? The infamous Mukhabarat will still be there.
Will people dare to defy them? Will you go and demonstrate Metaz?
If you do you have my sincere admiration.
Demonstrate!!! Had something else more effective in mind. You get the first crack going and you will see. In fact just get us the GREEN LIGHT from Washington and you will see, we don't even need the cash, hardware or logistics from them, neither public political support, Just under the table green bright light to go. Permission to release the chains of my hound dogs.
Would never happened. I am very pessemistic today, based on the news.
Metaz K.M.Aldendeshe
We will raise the Mukhabrat sallary 10 folds and train them on the latest technology. Even if the records were distroyed by the government in case it falls, all a Mukhabrat have to do is show up with proof of his past employment in the Baath Mukhbrat and sign up for the New Service to help Democratic Syria. Likewise for all Military personnel. We are just as honest in our promises as Bashar is, that much they can rely on us.
Bullshit VOX, this response is for the posting in earlier comment. We are not asking America to use it’s own resources or jeopardize Americans with further casualties. All we asking is recognize our rights damm it, have sympathy on the Syrian people misery and suffering, Abide by United nations Charters, enforce International laws and treaties, give us the green light, allow us to fight by all means to liberate our country, just like Assad allows all those criminal thugs under him to operate and be manipulated under the excuse of freedom fighters.. But they don’t, they tie our hands behind our back and let us scream, that is all. Don’t tell me this is not support for the regime.
Man, what do you think? That if the Syrians were to revolt the US will invade the country and put Bashar back? No, of course not! The regime has no international support from the outside world. This was true even before Mehlis, but the Mehlis report will be the proof of that for Syrians like you who refuse to believe it.
But I don't think that people will dare to demonstrate. I hope they do and that democrats will be stronger than the MB, although nobody knows anything about that, Syria has changed since the 60's.
But the regime thugs have nothing to lose now. They know that an unpleasant destiny awaits them if they lose their power. Why will they refrain from trying to solve the problem Hama/Tienamen style?
people like vox, a lebanese who just got his freedom make me despise humnan kind.
Now, this Lebanese thinks that Lebanese freed their country. He does not realize that during 30 years of Syrian (assad) occupation, they dared not stand in the face of the regime. Now, he is mocking Syrians for wanting exactly what the Lebanese wanted and finally got, but they only got that when the International circumstances changed, and France wanted the Syrians out of Lebanon.
No, Vox, the US is still backing the Assad family. Israel is still backing him. Just watch the American Condelisa Rice speeches, and know that she never mentions the rights of the Syrian people. All she wants is to put some pressures on the regime so the US and Israel may extract maximum concessions from the regime, i.e: give up the Golan Heights officially.
Anyway, I was reading this blog for 2-3 weeks, and wanted to say the following to mock some people's arguments here about how they have to keep the regme because there is not a democratic culture in Syria.
Yes, you shouldn't clean your room. It is dirty.
If it is clean, then yes you may clean it.
I am appalled by the stupidity shown by some bloggers when they say things like the above!
Doubt it, top ashelon Baathists leaders will fight hard, but cadre will abandon them under the right conditions. Syrians will not dare to demonstrate, they will not dare to even access opposition websites or be caught sending emails.
Even if U.S. inticed and called on Syrians to demostrates, they will not, they simply don't trust Bush or America. They remember Hama, Kurds and the Shia of Iraq how they were abandoned by America.
The only way to get the Syrians to act is for the United States to pass a law for liberating Syria and authorizing congress to financially support opposition groups regradless who they are and what means they use. That will be the start of a low level civil war in Syria. Under this condition people may begin to act on the basis that someone will be fighting back and retaliating. There is also the element that the regime may be more cautious to avoid full flung Civil War.
Becaus ethe United States and others will not permit this only possible solution to started, it is called as backing the regime.
At Sunday, September 25, 2005, Syrian Republican Party said...
The following post is part of the previous thread posted. Worth repeating here again considering the news we are receiving about a deal with Assad being finalized with Bedouin and African help.
TO WHOME IT MAY CONCERN
...If the United State bargained with this regime and failed to cease on the lifetime opportunity that is given now, to have a democratic cooperative government in Syria with the help of all the worlds countries, it will result in Assad making all those false promises to Israel and the United States that he neither can fulfill, or the least, act upon. In the mean time, further enrage the Sunni Moslems of Syria to the point that they will violently overthrow the U.S.Backed regime with the help of host of disfranchised interests including the Palestinians radicals, the Arab Moslem radicals, the Iraqi Baathists radicals, the Syrian Moslem Radicals, The Lebanese Christians and Sunni Moslems, the Shia of Lebanon and Syria, including Hizbullah, and strike a deal with Russia and Iran.
The outcome of this kind of coalition is clear. Russia, will gain a strong foothold in the Middle East that will quickly expand to the entire region. Iranian revolutionary guards, including millions of martyrs will be stationed in south of Lebanon and the Golan.
Arab insurgency in Iraq will force the United States to evacuate from Baghdad, Saigon style. Jordan, Egypt, Libya, Sudan and Saudi Arabia, for a start, will be controlled by Moslem Parties and forces, Israel will be totally surrounded by hostile forces and the balance of power is shifted to a Musleman-Rusky axis. Whereby the West and the East is more than 85% dependant on this axis for energy resources.
Syrian Republican Strategists forecast that within 3-4 years of the fall of the Western/Saudi/African supported Alawites-Baathists dictatorship regime in Damascus, The west will loose total influence and control over the entire region from Casablanca to Bora Bora. The price of oil barrel will top $300 per barrel, to the benefit of the worlds number one oil exporter, Russia, second exporter the an Arab-Islamic confederacy, and third exporter, Islamic Republic of Iran. The implication for the West is far more reaching economically than strategically as no Western or Asian economy can sustain a nation at these levels of oil prices. Not to mention that most western countries, especially in the United States are heavily in public and private debt with deficits already in the Trillions of Dollars, personal bankruptcies at record levels and mortgage payments consuming large parts of personal income that it will leave little discretionary income to fuel an economy let alone expand it.....
I am not mocking the Syrians. I know damn well the situation in Syria, and I also heard the same thing for one decade 'Lebanese cannot get democrcay because they are too divided' and most of this division was fueled by the Baathi regime in damascus. A lot of similarity indeed.
I am saying that if Lebanese got their liberty, it was because they could demonstrate freely and the international community warned Syria not to repress us. In Lebanon, this time at least, Syria could not just bring the artillery and bomb the demonstrators because the international community would have intervened. And our inter-sectarian relations were not as damaged as in Syria because even under occupation our political system imposed a certain level of dialogue. Our politics are explicitly sectarian which means that people are used to accept a degree of difference. Plus in Lebanon, we had an organized opposition with leaders inside Lebanon.
I can't judge about the inter-sectarian relations in Syria because there's no reliable info. Most importantly, the international community might dislike Syria's regime, but this does not mean that they can intervene to prevent a new Hama. Even if they wanted,the US cannot afford a new war, they have enough problems in Iraq. Sudan is treated as a pariah yet no one invaded them for their actions in Darfur.
In this case what will you do? What will prevent the regime from trying to resolve the problem like Hama? I mean, if I was Assad and had nothing to lose, what would I do?
I remember having read a reply by some one to some one on this blog , some one asking some one else why he was saying things about Josh, whether because he is not Syrian, and therefore having no right to speak about Syria, or something like that.
In all civilised nations laws, Josh should be considered a Syrian by all means. He is married to a Syrian, he has lived there for a while, and he speaks the language. What else is one supposed to be or do to become Syrian? Are we back to the racist views?
He is syrian, and he should be treated exactly as we treat each other, but he also should get used to the fact that this is the way we treat our differences of opinion, and should get used to it.
We think one is either pro, or contre the regime. In his case, many consider him now pro regime.
I just want to mention that we Lebanese were “forced” to be divided by the mafia regime in Syria and we did not get our freedom till we followed the steps listed below.
1. tried to deal with our internal problems,
2. got the fear of Syrians out of our hearts,
3. we had enough of the Syrian occupation, and
4. DEMANDED our freedom when we went to the Martyrs Square on March 14!
Yes, some of the steps were executed with the help of others like dealing with our internal problems! I don’t see anything wrong with that! Didn’t anyone go to friends or relatives to solve a dispute with another family member?
I hope that our Syrian neighbors will learn from our experience and go out and demand their freedom! Staying home will not do it! But don’t go out and demonstrate until some of you develop a plan on how to get rid of the Baathist mafia regime in Syria!
Good luck Syrians and we will always be your good neighbor as long as you know where are your borders!
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May Chidiac narrowly escaped an assassination attempt as she was getting in her car. Chdiac will likely lose parts of her left leg, suffer complications from severe burns, and lose the use of her left hand. The Ba’athist regime is sending a clear threat to all democratic activists in the area: Cross us and you’re dead.
These aren’t mere isolated attacks against individuals but against the concept of liberal democratic rule flourishing in the heart of the Arab and Islamic world. The Ba’ath have made it clear where they stand in the divide between civilized rule and rule by terror. To allow them to get away with such brazen acts of sabotage against the democratic revolution that gains momentum every day in the region could very well condemn the great democratic awakening of the middle east to an early grave. Let us hope, it does not come to that.
I was shocked to hear the news about Mey. I had a great admiration for this woman because I had watched few of her interviews, and I can say without a doubt in my mind that she is superior to all Arab News anchors. She stands in class by herself. She is different than all of them.
I am praying for her recovery. I have no doubt that the Syria regime has something to do with it. May be through the "independent" decisions of its Lebanese cronies. I can name 1 or two Lebanese movements in love with the Syrian regime.
The Regime was killing Syrians in Lebanon prior to 1976. Then, it started to assassinate Lebanese in Lebanon afyter that date. This is well known.
May be the time will arrive when the world will finally investigate all of these murders.
Justice will prevail.
Read this instead of poems
Saturday, September 24, 2005
U.S. policy-makers are addicted to love, and to being feared
By David Ignatius
Daily Star staff
For a people who want to be loved as much as Americans do, these are trying times. People around the world see the United States' troubles in Iraq and say we had it coming. They hear us talk about Arab democracy and think we're trying to steal their oil. Some even take a kind of perverse satisfaction when they see us battered by monster hurricanes.
Other great nations through history have done a better job of being disliked. The British during their days of empire treated the rest of the world with a cool imperial disdain. The French under Charles de Gaulle regarded haughtiness as a national virtue. The Russians were brutally indifferent, the Chinese politely so. All these powers in their moments of greatness treated the rest of the world as quasi-barbarians. If they were hated in return, so what?
Indifference is not an American trait. Part of our Benjamin Franklin heritage of industry and self-improvement is that we want to be admired, applauded - and yes, loved. When we discover that we are in fact deeply unpopular in many parts of the world, we think we must have a communications problem. So the call goes out for Karen Hughes and the public diplomacy specialists.
I've had a lesson in our unpopularity in Egypt, where I've been hearing anti-American broadsides from activists who should be thanking the Bush administration for its pro-democracy stance. These are people who, but for the administration's pressure over the last few years on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, might well be in prison. But do they appreciate Bush's help? Not on your life.
Take the pro-democracy speech here in June by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. She told an audience at the American University in Cairo that the administration was breaking with a 60-year policy that "pursued stability at the expense of democracy," and choosing instead to support democratic activists even when they challenged pro-U.S. rulers such as Mubarak. But the Egyptians remained dubious, to put it mildly.
"The United States doesn't want freedom for Arab people," insisted Ali Abdel-Fatah, a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. When I asked him about Rice's speech, he said America wanted democracy only as an "artistic decoration," because truly free elections would threaten Israeli and American interests. A similar sentiment was expressed by Amin Suleiman Iskander, a co-founder of the pro-democracy group, "Kefaya." "I don't find U.S. policies credible," he said when I asked him about Rice's speech. As for American help, he said no thanks. "If the U.S. supported Kefaya, we would lose credibility on the Egyptian street."
Another leading democracy activist, Hisham Qassem, said he warned the secretary of state when she was in Egypt not to expect any bouquets. "I told Rice your administration is the most unpopular ever in the Arab world and will remain so until Bush leaves office." He thinks this anti-Americanism is unfair, and that Arab historians will eventually realize the importance of Bush's pro-democracy policies. But not any time soon.
The Bush administration might do better in this part of the world if it accepted its unpopularity, rather than trying to wish it otherwise. That's especially true in Iraq. Most Iraqis were profoundly grateful that America toppled Saddam Hussein in April 2003, but that doesn't mean they like being occupied. The antibodies against the American presence are just too strong. The average Iraqi experiences U.S. occupation as a daily humiliation.
The potency of this anti-Americanism means, among other things, that we can't solve our problems in Iraq by sending in more troops. A bigger U.S. footprint would only increase Iraqi anger and fuel the insurgency. In contrast, fewer American troops may actually make it easier to stabilize the country, if the U.S. can help the Iraqis create a strong military and government of their own. America may be having trouble defeating Abu Musab Zarqawi, but the Iraqis won't. The moment they forge a real national government, Zarqawi is a dead man.
Realists are always quoting Machiavelli's admonition that it is better to be feared than loved, but that advice never seems to resonate very well with American presidents. They want to be feared and loved. Perhaps under our system, politicians become addicted to love. But in a world where we are the only superpower, the reality is that we will be unpopular. Nobody is going to root for Goliath - even a nice, democratic Goliath.
An uncharitable world expects America to act in its own interests, and so we should. We promote democracy and anti-terrorism not because these are universal ideals, but because they serve America's need for a more stable world. We will never convince the rest of the world that we aren't acting selfishly, no matter what we say.
Syndicated columnist David Ignatius is published regularly by THE DAILY STAR.
Gina:
I can't believe that you steal other people words and post them as yours.
You have stolen what I posted at the Reform Party Of Syria regarding Mey.
http://reformsyria.blogspot.com/2005/09/baath-terror-continues.html
What culture do you belong to?
JAM
Shame on you Gina!
From what you posted, or copied amd pasted above, you seem to be saying that you are Americam. I doubt that very much, but what ever you are, you should be ashamed of yourself.
This is where she stole her/his words from:
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In a sign of things to come, Syrian intelligence has opted to escalate its campaign of intimidation against public figures opposed to the autocratic rule of Assad II’s Ba’ath regime.
Hours ago, popular LBC commentator and well known critic of the Ba’ath regime May Chidiac narrowly escaped an assassination attempt as she was getting in her car. Chdiac will likely lose parts of her left leg, suffer complications from severe burns, and lose the use of her left hand.
Car bombs as weapons of assassination are a common tool of terror for Ba’athist security services.
As Reuters reminds us: “A series of explosions has rocked Lebanon in recent months. The killing of former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri in February threw the country into its worst crisis since the 1975-1990 civil war. An anti-Syrian politician and columnist were killed in Lebanon earlier this year and an explosion wounded pro-Syrian Defense Minister Elias Murr in July.”
It is not difficult to connect the dots here. There is a straight line that can be drawn from the collapse of the Ba’ath in Iraq, the Kurdish unrest in northern Syria, the assasination of sheikh Khaznawi, the assassination of Rafiq Harriri, the assassination of newspaper columnist Samir Kassir, and the assassination of political dissident George Hawi, and now the attempted assassination of Chidiac. The Ba’ath Entity is feeling the heat of Western pressure bearing down for its continued support for terrorism in Iraq and attempts to destabilize Lebanon. These waves of killings are the last gasps of a dying regime that refuses to realize that its time has long since passed.
Notice that the assassination was targeting a very public figure and was perpetrated in a very public manner--the political undertones of this attack are unmistakable. The Ba’athist regime is sending a clear threat to all democratic activists in the area: Cross us and you’re dead.
The fact that there still remains a dedicated staff of Ba’athist apologist commentators out there calling for ‘open dialogue’ between the West and Assad II is astonishing considering the thinly veiled acts of naked brutality that this Ba‘ath regime has proved itself more than willing to employ to silence the growing dissent against its authoritarian rule.
These aren’t mere isolated attacks against individuals but against the concept of liberal democratic rule flourishing in the heart of the Arab and Islamic world. The Ba’ath have made it clear where they stand in the divide between civilized rule and rule by terror. To allow them to get away with such brazen acts of sabotage against the democratic revolution that gains momentum every day in the region could very well condemn the great democratic awakening of the middle east to an early grave. Let us hope, it does not come to that.
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Joseph ALi Mohammed said...
I was shocked to hear the news about Mey. I had a great dmiration for this woman because I had watched few of her interviews, and I can say without a doubt in my mind that she is superior to all Arab News anchors. She stands in class by herself. She is different than all of them.
I am praying for her recovery. I have no doubt that the Syria regime has something to do with it. May be through the "independent" decisions of its Lebanese cronies. I can name 1 or two Lebanese movements in love with the Syrian regime.
The Regime was killing Syrians in Lebanon prior to 1976. Then, it started to assassinate Lebanese in Lebanon afyter that date. This is well known.
May be the time will arrive when the world will finally investigate all of these murders.
Justice will prevail.
JAM
10:05 PM
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she stole from different parts of the first post, and the entire second post, and made them one.
The issue here is Syrian Baath Mafia regime not Gina! May God get rid of Assad and his WHOLE family! One day it will happen!
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Ghassan; why are you posting against Gina?
I am incredibly fed up with this stupid regime. They are building 'cards' to exchange with the Americans. They still think that they can find their way out of this.
The Dream Country
I’d be a very happy person if I lived in a country with the following characteristics:
-The country’s constitution based upon liberal democracy and not just democracy. Besides the ballot box, the constitution should guarantee ultimate personal freedom. No elected entity can undermine this freedom.
-Total freedom of expression, religion, movement, and assembly.
-Complete separation between religion and politics. In other words “Parliament shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.” It can’t be clearer than that. No religion should rule over people.
-Religion exists only in private homes and places of worship.
-Government only recognizes civil courts marriage contracts. It’s not the government’s business if you involved whatever religion in your marriage.
-Students at school study all religions and not just their own. A course called “Religions Education” should be taught. Students should learn about Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddism, and Confucianism. This will broaden the mind of the kid and make him/her more tolerant towards the other creatures sharing this planet.
-Private schools with a religious background (Jesuits, Islamic schools, yeshivas, etc) should incorporate the full curriculum of the state. No government funding goes to those schools.
-Prostitution should be legalized but only in a restricted known area. If prostitution was banned, it will simply appear underground. Tehran has one of the largest prostitution industries in the region and its all under the nose of the Mullahs. No prostitute should appear outside the restricted area.
- No discrimination against homosexuals and lesbians. However, they should forget about getting legally married and adopting kids.
-Abortion to be a criminal offense (1 year in jail). Nobody asked the baby whether it wants to die or not. If you didn’t take the pill or wear a condom then you should bear the consequences of your negligence.
-Economy to be an open economy with minimum government intervention to sustain the poor.
-Graffiti, littering, verbally harassing a female on the street, and drunk driving to be punishable by law.
BP
One question that is often asked is: are rights universal? Critics note that not everyone has a passion for liberty or a desire to respect the rights of others. Some note that a constitution protecting individual rights would be ignored in many cultures even if it were imposed by an external force. Furthermore, many people live without rights. What makes rights universal?
The question remains, when to push for change. Here there are no hard-and-fast rules. One has to be cognizant of what is possible in the short-term vs. the long-term in any given situation.
Germany couldn’t keep the democracy it had in the 1920s but it’s been able to keep the democracy established after WWII. Russia lost the democracy it established for a few months in 1917 when the Bolsheviks rose to power and replaced it. Can Russia hold on to democracy today? One certainly hopes so but it is far from certain.
East Germans still find living in a free society challenging or worse, distasteful. The culture shock was great; one hopes there isn’t backsliding. But the virtues of self-reliance, independent thought, and independent initiative weren’t possible or necessary in Communist East Germany. Character can’t change by the “sudden inflow” of liberty. Many still want to be cared for by the state.
Iraq is going to attempt a constitutional democracy but questions remain. Will the Shiites, once securely in power, take revenge on the Sunnis? Will Islam transform the democracy into a repressive state? Will the passive desire to be supported by oil be replaced by a work-ethic? Or will a corrupt socialism destroy the hopes of a thriving capitalist economy?
Rights are universal, in the sense that they are requirements for human well-being. But they are only possible, i.e. respected, if the culture allows.
Gina; where did you copy the above from now? What are you trying to prove here? that you are intelligent, capable of writing? Show your rela name so people will remember you, but at least have the decency to state the source of anything you copy.
Are you liberal as your post pretends you are advocating for?, or Conservative as your previous post indicated?
I totally agree with Mr. kazimi's insightful article and his conclusion: nobody killed Rafi Hariri. Therefore, the Syrian regime cannot be held accountable. The simple truth is that Mr Hariri's convoy was hit by a rogue meteorite, as can be seen by the crater on the scene. Mr. Shawkat clearely explained the situation to the French during his recent trip to Paris, to which Mr. Chirac answered: but on whose payroll am I going to be now? Reliable sources tell me that Mr. Shawkat then made a secret trip to Pasadena where he gave an explantory lecture to the planetary science dept. at Catech. He received a standing ovation from the assembled faculty when he offered them a piece of the killer meteorite. Kudos to prof. Landis who should call his blog "Syria Comments supporting the current regime", in the name of stability and realpolitik of course. Given the sorry state of the football team this year, it is reassuring to see that at least the M-E dept. at the U. of Oklahoma is doing a good job. I smell tenure. Or is it manure?
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