"I don't feel that it is right to simply indulge in reckless Assad-bashing like many Arab and, sadly, Palestinian, pundits do."
"For a while, I just assumed that they are misguided, but sincere, but when they turned their ideological hatred against Hassan Nasrallah, by far the most popular leader in the Arab and Muslim world, they showed me their true faces. Nasrallah, whom they in the past had covered in praise, suddenly turned into an overnight villain. Why? Because he chose to side with Assad and not with the US, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Israel and NATO. When I now see their expressions of outrage I wonder - did these pundits ever bother to actually listen (or read) a single speech by Hassan Nasrallah? How could they ever imagine that he would ever side with AIPAC and all the other newfound "friends of the Syrian people"?!" - The saker.
The Zionist Pundit upgraded his blog and so there is no access to comments on his shitty posts. However, check this one, its about syria, Hezbollah, and the assasination of Imad Moghniyeh. Tony accused Syria, and this one, and this one
For more check the postes labeled: Mollistine.
BTW, Molly, the Pundit's jewish friend started the whole thing, she started the Pundit's blog, and served as the the thought police.
I am glad to see that the Saker, who was all the time right about Iran and Hezbullah, has the carriage to rethink his posion on Syria, because, Syria, NOW is the core of resistance.
"We are a player in the region. If you want to talk about peace, you can't advance without Syria." "you must deal with Syria on her terms". Three years ago.
Both Arab nationalism and Islam have failed, and failed badly. by the pundit with great comments by Lucia and the Saker - Monday, September 29, 2008
By The Saker
I have not posted much on Syria primarily because I feel rather uncomfortable with the entire situation. As you probably know, I loathe the Assad regime as much as I loathed the Gaddafi one. And yet, I don't feel that it is right to simply indulge in reckless Assad-bashing like many Arab and, sadly, Palestinian, pundits do. The very same folks whose irresponsible "down with Gaddafi!" plunged Libya in violence, chaos and poverty are now clearly hell-bent on repeating that same "performance" with Syria. The weirdest thing about these people is that they are self-proclaimed secularists, and yet they are in bed with the worse religious fanatics of the planet (Wahabi Islamists and Orthodox Jews). They whine about human rights, but when Gaddafi gets lynched by a crazed mob who even sodomizes him with a large knife, they turn away and have nothing to say.
For a while, I just assumed that they are misguided, but sincere, but when they turned their ideological hatred against Hassan Nasrallah, by far the most popular leader in the Arab and Muslim world, they showed me their true faces. Nasrallah, whom they in the past had covered in praise, suddenly turned into an overnight villain. Why? Because he chose to side with Assad and not with the US, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Israel and NATO. When I now see their expressions of outrage I wonder - did these pundits ever bother to actually listen (or read) a single speech by Hassan Nasrallah? How could they ever imagine that he would ever side with AIPAC and all the other newfound "friends of the Syrian people"?!
Pepe Escobar has written a very witty satire about the fallback policy of the West towards Syria entitled World Powers Rush to Plunge Syria Into War. Check it out, it is both funny, accurate and sad.
Its too early to call this one. The Empire did prevail in Bosnia, Kosovo and Libya, but it was defeated in Chechnia by Russia which is now probably putting a lot of pressure on Assad to clean up his act. Besides Russia, Iran and Hezbollah are probably also trying to save Assad's regime, and both of these are very good at counter-insurgency operations. So I want to believe that there is hope to avoid a "Bosnia v4, Kosovo v3 or a Libya v2 in Syria", but it is going to be hard: Turkey is feeling that the moment is critical and going for the jugular, and NATO still might decide to strike. As I said many, many, times here, Russia will not, repeat not, militarily defend Syria in the case of a NATO aggression. And neither will China, of course. And that is the main problem.
When the Argentinian people got really totally sick and tired of all of their political elites they came up with a truly beautiful slogan: "¡Que se vayan todos!" ("All of them must go!"). This is also what I wish the Palestinian people, that they finally get rid of their clueless political leaders and equally clueless do-gooder supporters abroad.
The Saker
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