Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Syrian exile opposition

I have criticized for years, and mocked, the Iraqi exile opposition.  Charlatans like Ahmad Chalabi were born to be made fun off.  (I hate now how, for sectarian reasons, some Shi`ite sectarian opponents of the US occupation now defend Chalabi).  But I must say that the Syrian exile opposition is a caricature of the Iraqi exile opposition.  I just watched this guy on Aljazeera Arabic: he made me miss Ahmad Chalabi.  At least the latter was very smart and articulate.  This guy told Aljazeera that "the US president never says anything that he does not mean" and said that he believe it when unnamed US officials said that Hillary spoke in her personal capacity when she changed her tone on Syria.  Personal opinion of a Secretary of State?