Looking for a good Syrian General
Posted by Fares to Behind the Lies of Bush and Blair, It's Left to Bashar al-Assad to Tell the Truth Link
August 24th, 2006
G.W.Bush was tested about his foreign affairs credentials or ignorance in 99, when he seemed to be the annoited new president. When asked in a TV interview “Can you name the general who is in charge of Pakistan?”, “The new Pakistani general, he’s just been elected - not elected, this guy took over office. It appears this guy is going to bring stability to the country and I think that’s good news for the sub-continent,” the Republican candidate offered. Good news, but not an answer, and the interviewer insisted: “Can you name him?”, “General. I can’t name the general. General” was all Mr Bush had to offer.
This interview was hillarious and made the round of TV comdedy shows who were looking for new material since Cliton’s Lewinsky jokes were becoming too old. I was thinking, another 4 years of entairtaining jokes while having lower taxes and a dumm president; who won’t wage any war since he declared he is not interested in foreign politics. Gore was too boring and too pro-Israel.
Anyway, despite his ignorance, world leaders rushed to shake hands with Bush. Since he became the new World Leader, they were probably thinking he inherited some of his father’s team and policies. He quicky started classifying leaders as good or bad, but his ranch became the envy of so many presidents. It was not because of Bush’s charm, it was because of what he represents.
Now let’s introduce Bashar Assad, another son of President sorry dictator. Very inexperienced and a political novice born with a gold spoon in the mouth. He is the son of Hafez Al Assad who was a very shrewd dictator who controlled the country coming out of nowhere in a very short time. He ruled the country ruthlessly for 30 years while making sure the international community respected him and Syria. He knew how to make the maximum gain politically out of disasters and how to play the international political game pleasing all sides. He was the dictator and his staff were tools to implement the policies. So policy making was centralized and sound. I am not defending dictatorship here or rejecting democratic values. I am trying to explain the differences between a bad past and a nightmare present. I was not a fan of H. Assad but he was in control and no one internally dared confronting him or dreamed of using him to his advantage.
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August 24th, 2006
G.W.Bush was tested about his foreign affairs credentials or ignorance in 99, when he seemed to be the annoited new president. When asked in a TV interview “Can you name the general who is in charge of Pakistan?”, “The new Pakistani general, he’s just been elected - not elected, this guy took over office. It appears this guy is going to bring stability to the country and I think that’s good news for the sub-continent,” the Republican candidate offered. Good news, but not an answer, and the interviewer insisted: “Can you name him?”, “General. I can’t name the general. General” was all Mr Bush had to offer.
This interview was hillarious and made the round of TV comdedy shows who were looking for new material since Cliton’s Lewinsky jokes were becoming too old. I was thinking, another 4 years of entairtaining jokes while having lower taxes and a dumm president; who won’t wage any war since he declared he is not interested in foreign politics. Gore was too boring and too pro-Israel.
Anyway, despite his ignorance, world leaders rushed to shake hands with Bush. Since he became the new World Leader, they were probably thinking he inherited some of his father’s team and policies. He quicky started classifying leaders as good or bad, but his ranch became the envy of so many presidents. It was not because of Bush’s charm, it was because of what he represents.
Now let’s introduce Bashar Assad, another son of President sorry dictator. Very inexperienced and a political novice born with a gold spoon in the mouth. He is the son of Hafez Al Assad who was a very shrewd dictator who controlled the country coming out of nowhere in a very short time. He ruled the country ruthlessly for 30 years while making sure the international community respected him and Syria. He knew how to make the maximum gain politically out of disasters and how to play the international political game pleasing all sides. He was the dictator and his staff were tools to implement the policies. So policy making was centralized and sound. I am not defending dictatorship here or rejecting democratic values. I am trying to explain the differences between a bad past and a nightmare present. I was not a fan of H. Assad but he was in control and no one internally dared confronting him or dreamed of using him to his advantage.
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