Thursday, February 18, 2010

When a Saudi hired gun talks about Karl Marx: the case of Samir `Atallah

What do you do when a lowly Saudi propagandist, who, according to witnesses who reported to me, follows the sons of Prince Salman (the owners of the their mouthpiece, Ash-Sharq Al-Awsat) around--literally, as Joe Biden would say--talks about Karl Marx? What do you do when a hired pen for the House of Saud invokes the writings of Karl Marx? What do you do when a man of no principles talks about a man of principles who suffered in life due to his principles? What do you do when a man with no dignity talks about a man full of dignity? What do you do when a man who specializes in prostrating himself before oil princes talks about someone who never lowered his head before anyone? I mean, I left Marxism in my college years but come on. House of Saudi versus Karl Marx? This is like Muhammad Dahlan versus Robespierre.