Saturday, December 24, 2011

Weekly Standard's propaganda

"Overjoyed by the images of apparent pro-Bush nostalgia emanating from the Syrian resistance, the neocon Weekly Standard excitedly linked to Abrams' post and displayed the photo in a post entitled, "Missing Bush." I happen to have a friend with a real name -- Eman Morsi -- who has no connection to Syria, but who does possess a fluent command of the Arabic language. Morsi translated for me a number of signs from Kafranbel, the town in northern Syria which produced the banner in question, and several articles about the town. What Abrams and her well-connected friend were unable to ascertain, but what any person with advanced knowledge of Arabic could easily learn through a basic Google search, is that Kafranbel has become renowned throughout the region for its sarcastic protest signs and dark sense of humor. And the town's residents are no fans of Bush."