There is an emotional tribute to Abu Furat, one of the commanders of the Free Syrian Army in the New York Times. Can you imagine such a tribute to a Palestinian or Hizbullah commanders? Look at the emotionalism: "“A man has left our world, and men are few,” Samar Yazbek, a prizewinning novelist". Who really knows Yazbek as a novelist in the Arab world? She is only known for being a token `Alawite in a sectarian Sunni opposition led by the Muslim Brotherhood. Let us not kid ourselves. Also, her words cited are not original: they belong to the pre-Islamic Arab Jewish poet, As-Samaw'al (As-Samaw'al is an old Arabized version of Samuel) bin `Adiyah when he said: (She rebuke us that we are few in numbers, so I told her that noble men are few).
تعيّرنا أنا قليل عديدنا فقلت لها إن الكرام قليل
تعيّرنا أنا قليل عديدنا فقلت لها إن الكرام قليل
