Murad sent me this: "I am sure you are familiar with
the Orwellian concept of "doublespeak". My high school English teacher described
this as a symptom of "undemocratic countries". Today, I can see that there is no
one more skilled with doublespeak than the "democratic" western
countries.
Here is an example:
In Naharnet,
UK foreign minister William Hague said "Her
Majesty's Government has decided to recognize the National Coalition of the
Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces as the sole legitimate representative
of the Syrian people". Then later, went on to say "They have much to do to win the full support of the
Syrian people ...". So he is admitting that they don't have "full support" of
the Syrian people, but somehow are still the sole representative of the
Syrian people. Not sure how that works. The BBC's version is
missing that second quote for some reason.
I should also mention yesterday's
EU designation of the new SNC as "legitimate representatives of the aspirations
of the Syrian people." It's so sickening the way they play around with words.
Are they representative of the people, or of the aspirations of the people?
Maybe there's no difference, or maybe there's a huge
difference."
