just wondering

russia is probably the only western country that supports bashar .. i wonder if the fact that the country names sound so similar in arabic has anything to do with it .. you know .. soorya .. roosya ..

مطلب مين بالزبط؟

the tag for this week's friday protest in syria is "جمعة التدويل مطلبنا" .. i wash my hands of this ..

merry christmas everyone

fool me once

is the arab world so dumb to believe that those who have been propping up our dictators for so long have suddenly had a change of heart ... western governments want us to be free ... really ...

مسخرة

"I am proud to stand here on the soil of a free Libya," Clinton said amid meetings with Transitional National Council Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril and interim leader Mustafa Abdul-Jalil.

"The United States was proud to stand for you in your fight for freedom and we will continue to stand with you as you continue this journey."

reflecting

so you may have heard of the iranian plot to kill the saudi ambassador in washington .. personally i think it's a filim hindi .. but that's just me .. but i was thinking .. have you seen this ambassador .. he doesn't look very saudi does he .. he looks more like a lebanese .. which he may or may not be .. but think about it .. being the saudi ambassador in washington .. away from politics and principles .. that's a hell of a job isn't it .. think of the perks and the prestige that come with such a position ..

white folks

this is hank williams jr who sings the theme to monday night football .. espn fired him and yanked the song after this interview .. if you look up redneck in the dictionary you will see this dude's picture .. this was one awkward conversation .. but i thought the hosts handled it very professionally ..
this hank williams jr fellow reminded me of the guy in the below video ..

politico

with all the turmoil in the middle east power balances are shifting .. old alliances being broken and new alliances being formed .. everyone is trying to fill the vacuum .. turkey is a rising star .. nato .. america .. britain .. france .. italy .. iran .. pretty much everyone is trying to get a slice except the arabs ..
they're either a) too busy trying to start over after having toppled the regime .. or b) too busy trying to preserve themselves from being toppled .. or c) too busy trying to topple the regime .. so yeah i would say things are definitely starting to change .. and not in a good way ..
i have a friend who is a coworker recently return from yemen .. he spent the eid holiday over there .. he told me tales that were quite chilling .. he said the sound of gunfire never stops .. that death is everywhere ..
i have always said that if and when the revolution comes to my neighborhood .. i would rather go out and die than try to flee .. i still like to think that is true ..

i'm just saying

what happened in libya was regime change .. period .. way too soon to start throwing the word freedom around .. way way too soon ..

$0.02

so there is kind of a debate surrounding libya .. was it or wasn't it ok to ask for nato's help .. i personally feel it wasn't .. i feel that nato's involvement defeats the whole purpose .. but let me put it this way .. i hate qathafi .. but i hate nato more ..

in the loop

this is a brilliant comedy ... i laughed out loud so many times ... and that rarely happens when i watch a movie ... especially if i'm sober ... just kidding ... but no it really did make me laugh a lot ... it's kind of a political satire that makes fun of how politicians build a case for - or against - war ... in this case it's the british and the americans and the war is on iraq ... it's probably not a very realistic portrayal of how things went down .. but it's hilarious so who cares .. it's just one of the better comedies i've seen in a long time .. also .. i had never heard of this peter capaldi fellow before but i was mightily impressed ... his cursing abilities are second to none .. 10/10 ...

war made easy

a documentary narrated by sean penn that talks about how the US government utilizes the media to promote its wars .. and how often times the media willingly participates in promoting those wars .. although it only confirms what we already believe it is still very informative .. my only criticism is that the word israel never comes up ..

end of days

so it appears that the "international community" is gearing up for some kind of military intervention in syria .. and don't get me wrong .. given the situation in syria .. the world definitely needs to interfere .. you have a peaceful revolution being brutally crushed by the army .. so that's not cool .. however .. here's the problem .. the wrong people are interfering .. and if some fool wants to equate my rejection of foreign intervention with support for bashar then so be it .. but i want to go on the record as saying that i totally and unequivocally reject it .. not that anyone gives a shit .. it's not like my opinion matters to those powers that are going to fuck this up even further .. but mark my words .. no good can come of this .. also if people think that the consequences of this operation .. should it occur .. will be limited to syria .. then they are deeply mistaken .. this is going to set the whole middle east on fire ..

God bless Norway

i guess the silver lining amid all this tragedy is that it wasn't a muslim who did it .. as much as some people wanted him to be .. and i know that sounds petty but i don't mean it to be .. i'm just saying is all ..

dear egyptian military

il sha3b ili 2idir ysheel husni mubarak .. 2adir ysheel ghairo ..

wa7ad sifir

this is a little something i wrote five months ago ..

http://qassami.blogspot.com/2011/02/cooler-talk.html

dear arab revolutions

God bless everyone risking their life for a better tomorrow .. but this practice of coming up with "clever" names for each friday .. like jum3it il "insert clever name" .. that has to stop ..

the arab revolutions

so five minutes ago?

torn

i'm not crazy about the revolution craze ... but i am loving these protests taking place at the "israeli" borders ... although if it weren't for the revolution they wouldn't be happening ...

syrian comment

this is the alawite flag ... something tells me france won't be intervening ...