A question often and repeatedly asked by Americans, who just don’t know, or can’t grasp how despicable and loathsome their country’s foreign policies really are.
As far as Americans are concerned, the rest of the world is either a big nuisance, or just plain hostile. That maybe true as far as they’re concerned but what are the reasons behind it?
Your average American actually believes the bull that his media and politicians spew out, and thinks the answer to the above question is simply “because they hate our freedom and values, or they’re jealous of our prosperity”. That, aside from being childish and naive, highlights the serious disparity between the American people, and their political system, and that my friends is the core of the issue.
Most American people, are just like any other people in any other country in the world, they abhor and detest the bad things in life….cruelty, injustice, torture, oppression, violence, intimidation, war, poverty…..you name it, they hate it….just like us, just like everyone else….It’s a crying shame therefore, that their country is responsible for a lot of the “bad things in life” on a global scale, and throughout modern history. But of course, any “patriotic” American will deny that won’t he? All the above is just a baseless and misinformed attack against his country which is just looking out for it’s own, and doing what’s in it’s best interest…..all the countless invasions, wars, sanction, coups, vetoes and arm twisting are just legitimate acts of statehood and sovereignty. Given the Machiavellian self serving nature of modern politics, can you really blame the average American for believing all that crap? I dunno, can you blame someone for not stopping a crime that’s taking place in front of them? can you blame someone for not speaking out about a crime? The term “murder accessory ” springs to mind, and that’s just how the American people are being used by their government, as accessories to murder. Murder taking place everyday in their name…..the murder of Afghanis, Iraqis and Palestinians, and the odd Lebanese every now and again. Murder taking place in the name of the American nation, founded on the basic human instinct to resist oppression and tyranny, and champion of the cause of freedom and human rights……well, maybe it was once, but no longer. That dreamy romantic image of the great American nation has long since vanished and is now confined to the pages of history books which speak of a glorious past and of founding fathers and constitution writing and independence.
Arabs of course, have born the brunt of this Jekyll-Hyde transformation. We’ve always been on the wrong end of the stick. True, it wasn’t always the Americans holding it, but they did a nice job taking it over from the imperial English and French. They also did a nice job adopting Europe’s illegitimate child, born of centuries of guilt and given birth to by a bloody labor on the doorsteps of Palestine. Never again will the mistresses’ child want for anything, the stick is to be used solely for the whipping of the “old” children.
This whip has been brandished so often, that it’s really lost its sting. The Arabs are no longer fearful of the pain it inflicts, no longer intimidated by all the shouting and threats. They are resisting, they are rising up and speaking out…..hence 9/11 hence all the bombings hence all the “terrorism”…..Oh, of course not sorry I forgot, “terrorists” are just mad people who like to kill themselves for the joy of it and in order to go to heaven and get all the women there, they hate freedom and democracy and our way of life, and they want to destroy us because they hate us….they have absolutely no cause, and no legitimate struggle or concerns…..the fact that we are occupying their countries and killing their families has nothing to do with all those bombings, they’re just plain crazy irrational people……
And that my friends is the answer to the question “why do they hate us”……..they don’t really hate us, they just hate the way we’ve been whipping em around every now and again…..
Finally, and after tons of hard work collecting and organizing, I’ve completed another installment of pictures of Syria in the picture gallery HERE
I’ve also re-categorized the albums, we now have historical, religious, misc, Aleppo and Damascus. I’m hoping that this collection will one day grow to be the definitive picture guide for Syria, so any contributions you may have, please feel free to sign up at the gallery and upload!
You can also tell me if you have any suggestions for improving or adding to the existing gallery.
Why do they hate us? part 1 »« Will the Real Borat please stand up
You’ve probably heard of Borat, the fictional kazakhistani reporter created by Sacha Baron Cohen, better known as Ali G. What you probably didn’t know though, is that his latest movie “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” is a box office hit grossing in over 26 million dollars in the opening weekend!!!
Now, apparently a guy called Mahir Cagri wants to cash in on the action, claiming that Cohen stole the character by imitating him!!!
Similarities include the quotes “I like sex” and “You can stay my home” , and the infamous tight red shorts .
Actually, this Cagri guy was quite a phenomenon on the net back in 1999 due to his hilarious (unintentionally) homepage and broken English. Infact, he’s become so famous that he’s got articles about him all over the net, look here for example:
“In the year 2000, the now-defunct etour.com paid Mahir a rumored-sum of $1m to tour the United States, appearing at promotional events. At the San Francisco appearance, Mahir was led through a meta-web of scenes from his webpage, posing for photos with an accordion, playing a very brief game of ping-pong, and so on.”
His website http://www.ikissyou.org is always closed due to high demand, check out the cache for it at Google.
I guess all of this proves that you can be a complete git and still make it big….
spot the similarity?
Right then, lets see…… Lebanese refugees….hmmm, in Syria…..haven’t seen that for a while….well, at least not since the civil war that we helped stop……and they’re ungrateful and whining after they get back home……oh bollocks, what have we done to upset them this time?
Apparently, it wasn’t enough that we set them up at our homes and schools, provided them with food, clothing, shelter even toys, raised funds for them, and devoted the entire red cross and red crescent volunteers to tend to their every need, and suffered and are still suffering from hours of blackouts because were giving away electricity to Lebanon.
Some people I know, even quit their work, traveled to Damascus to rent as many apartments as they could find, then went to the border to pick up any stranded families and take them to those apartments.
When the ceasefire came into effect last week, most Lebanese refugees went home….and then promptly started the verbal abuse and slander against Syria and Syrians. Saying things like “Syria is full of donkeys”, or “Syria is filthy and uncivilized”. Well that’s all just very super, it’s like having a guest leave your house, then as soon as he gets out, he pisses all over your porch and sets fire to your dog. Thank you Lebanon for all the P!
But to be fair, the majority of Lebanese, especially those hardest hit in the south, and who also happen to be the poorest and most downtrodden, actually appreciate Syria and all it’s done for them throughout the years. Those people, unfortunately, are the most marginalized, and least heard in Lebanese society. All we hear are the disgusting rantings of the absurdly “in bed with Israel” cedar-future cowards. That bumbling imbecile Hariri, who barley knows how to speak Arabic, let alone form a coherent sentence, or that old git Junblat who looks like he just escaped from a lunatic asylum.
We here in Syria still support, and will always support the free peoples of Lebanon, and the freedom fighters of Hezbollah…..those who have not sold their dignity, honor, ideals and beliefs for scraps, and bonds of servitude to their American and Israeli masters.
So whats all this about Israeli soldiers having a cup of tea at a Lebanese army barracks at the height of the war? While the bombs were dropping on top of children, the lebanese army was having a social get together and quiet chit chat with the enemy?
And when the Lebanese soldiers evacuated the base, the Israelis just went ahead and bombed them!!!! Bloody hell, that’s what I call a classic case of “serves you right”…
Aren’t we Arabs just soooooooooo proud of our armies…..
watch the story HERE
The Aftermath – Relations between Syria and Lebanon »« Really Crap and Awful Websites
yup, surfing up the interweb is a wonderful thing….well, sometimes its just bloody awful…after negotiating the enormous mine field of spam and porn, there’s just no guarantee that you’ll find anything worthwhile…..
To drive home a point, I want y’all to check out this masterpiece of design and taste….
What was he bloody thinking?
I just had to save that website, here it is
As for just plain silly and annoying, check this out:
My favourite site of all time has to be this, just too damn funny:
http://www.engrish.com
And now, the top 10 worst website names of all time:
1. A site called ‘Who Represents‘ where you can find the name of the agent that represents a celebrity. Their domain name… wait for it… is
www.whorepresents.com
2. Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views at
www.expertsexchange.com
3. Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island at
www.penisland.net
4. Need a therapist? Try Therapist Finder at
www.therapistfinder.com
5. Then of course, there’s the Italian Power Generator company…
www.powergenitalia.com
6. And now, we have the Mole Station Native Nursery, based in New South Wales:
www.molestationnursery.com
7. If you’re looking for computer software, there’s always
www.ipanywhere.com
8. Welcome to the First Cumming Methodist Church. Their website is
www.cummingfirst.com
9. Then, of course, there’s these brainless art designers, and their whacky website:
www.speedofart.com
10. Want to holiday in Lake Tahoe? Try their brochure website at
www.gotahoe.com
The top 10 were taken from this website
Aleppo has been voted the Islamic capital of culture for the year 2006. Now, there are many reasons why that is, cleanliness and order are certainly not one of them, but a collection of freaks is.
Following is an account of the Yellowman of Aleppo. A marvelous tourist attraction, and a unique Syrian enigma.
Not much is known about the Yellowman, except that he wears yellow…all the time. Yellow socks, yellow cap, yellow shirt and pants, yellow moustache….he even has a yellow cell phone. Speculation as to the color of his underwear is rife…I suspect it’s yellow too. This mysterious anomaly started appearing in and around Aleppo’s Bab Faraj region about 25 years ago, where he still lives today, in a hotel. It’s not known what this man, well into his fifties, does for a living, but some say he’s actually a pimp. He’s been spotted at night, in the company of dubious looking women. so you could say he’s “da original Syrian pimpin”…..
As to the origin of his strange obsession, some say that he used to be an ordinary customs official, until succumbing to “The Daily Syrian Stress Cycle“.
Other cultural icons of the city include a man who thinks that he’s a mini cab! no, not a mini cab driver…a mini cab…he runs around the streets holding an imaginary steering wheel and honking an invisible horn, and even stops at traffic lights. There’s also a man who thinks he’s a traffic cop. He routinely whistles at cars and pedestrians, and writes imaginary traffic tickets on thin air!!!
Today recorded an unusually sharp rise in my normally “normal” stress levels due to unforeseen and unnecessary feuds with family and loved ones…oh yeah, and a series of trips to the market to buy some necessary items for my new house…
Of course, “normal” by Syrian standards is different from any other international “normal” standard….you see, here in Syria, we like do things differently…All this has put me in the mood to inflict yet another totally unnecessary article upon you…..following, is a typical account of the daily Syrian stress cycle….
With the death toll of Lebanese reaching over 900, More than 3,000 have been wounded and 1million – or a quarter of the total population – has been displaced. A third of the casualties in the conflict are children under 12……..
With that cheerful news in mind, lets take a look at what Human Rights Watch has to say about all this:
“Since the start of the conflict, Israeli forces have consistently launched artillery and air attacks with limited or dubious military gain but excessive civilian cost. In dozens of attacks, Israeli forces struck an area with no apparent military target. In some cases, the timing and intensity of the attack, the absence of a military target, as well as return strikes on rescuers, suggest that Israeli forces deliberately targeted civilians.”
And…
“By consistently failing to distinguish between combatants and civilians, Israel has violated one of the most fundamental tenets of the laws of war: the duty to carry out attacks on only military targets. The pattern of attacks during the Israeli offensive in Lebanon suggests that the failures cannot be explained or dismissed as mere accidents; the extent of the pattern and the seriousness of the consequences indicate the commission of war crimes.”
hmmm, so what about certain documented cases:
The Daily Syrian Stress Cycle »« U.N Resolution against Lebanon
Now let’s see….a draft resolution reached after days of painstaking negotiations and a painful compromise….between France and the U.S…..?
One might be excused for thinking that maybe, finally, after more than 3 weeks of slaughter and carnage, some nations had the decency to call a stop to it all….but no wait, we’re talking about Muslims and Arabs here aren’t we? No prizes for guessing who this latest batch of rectal spew from the leaders of the free(hah) world will favor….
Let’s grab a magnifying apparatus and take a shufti shall we?
Let’s see now…hit ctrl+F and search for “ceasefire”….no, no luck there…maybe they misspelled it, let’s try “ceacefire” nope…..ok, just “cease”….no, nothing there…..ah wait a minute, I’ve found “full cessation of hostilities”…so what does that mean? Isn’t that just another way of saying ceasefire? Were all people at the U.N originally lawyers for big corporations before they found more lucrative work? …
And reading on, “the immediate cessation by Hezbollah of all attacks and the immediate cessation by Israel of all offensive military actions”….yes, I see where this is heading…..Hezbollah’s got to stop all its attacks….and Israel its “offensive” military actions…..correct me if I’m wrong, and I’m being a tad cynical here, but doesn’t that mean that Hezbollah has to stop everything, and Israel can pretty much keep on attacking whatever it wants, and then just say “its was Defensive, Defensive! not Offensive…duh”…..oh but surly a nice little friendly genocidal state like Israel would do that? Would it?
“A BBC correspondent at the UN says the wording would allow Israel some freedom if it argues it needs to defend itself.”…..hmmm…it WOULD!
No matter how hard I searched, or how often I used the F3, ctrl-F, F.U, or F.Off functions on my P.C, I couldn’t find anything remotely resembling a call for Israel to withdraw it’s troops out of Lebanon…..
So, let’s strip this U.N resolution of ambiguous slimy lawyer talk, and put it into layman’s terms shall we:
“Hizbollah has to stop all military action, including firing rockets into Israel, and defending southern Lebanon against the Israeli army’s invasion…..Israel can keep on attacking whatever it wants, as long as they say it was “defensive”…..Israel can keep its troops in the south of Lebanon as long as it wishes….
Seems to me, Israel couldn’t have done a better job if it had drafted this resolution all by itself….
Thus it is written, thus the Zion-U.S-U.N council has spoken, and from it’s vile monstrous pit, vomited forth poisons and calamities upon the innocent and weak of the world…..only fools and those dark of heart may fail to weep at this sordid and sorry state of affairs….
