Obscene. The spokesperson of the US Department of State yesterday eulogized Syrian poet, Muhammad Al-Maghut. What an insult. Has the spokesperson read what Maghut had written and what he had said on Palestine? Has he read his articles about US wars and policies over the years? Does he think that he is fooling any Arab reader around the world? His friends among the pro-Bush Arab journalists in DC may have told him that this is wise to do, but what an outrage. Al-Maghut described himself as "Poet of the Resistance." Did you hear that Mr. Spokesperson?