Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Syrian saga: a post from 2012, neocolonialism?

I came today a post published by a friend in 2012.
It made me think about how much humanity can turn an eye on state violence and the hurt that ensues.
Lives destroyed, families separated, future hope lost, ambition killed...
How can we turn a bling eye. I do not understand


June 30, 2012
Anan, the Tsar of neo-colonialism!
A nightmarish vision struck me from a place near the serene lac of Geneva. I almost retched from the rotten smell of lies, dealing wheeling, and compromise. 
Just imagine the picture of an army indiscriminately shelling its people side to side with Anan wearing his suit and tie, speaking like a Lord to say just nothing, blaming the victim. Then move to the picture of Clinton, Lavrov, and all the other British, Turkish, and Arab gnomes smiling and shaking hands side to side with the picture of children slaughtered by their army. 
These people were discussing the fate of a whole population, disregarding the hopes of a people without having the decency to invite the Syrian people to the discussion. I wonder why. Are they subhuman, incapable of deciding their fates? This is what was said of the people of India, the Middle East, China, Japan, and many other lands during the colonial era. Today Kofi Anan is saying that the Syrian people are a minor population. He did not have the decency to state the facts, to say that Assad refused to apply his plan and he goes around like a pontiff trying to save the barbarians from themselves.
Obama cannot hear the cries for freedom in Syria, he has more pressing and important issues to address, being elected one of them. The Russians envy Assad ability of bomb dissension, Putin would love to be able to do it openly at home. And the others are just puny and do not count. 
This is the face of neo colonialism. What they forgot is the American War of Independence and the Bolshevik revolution. What they forget is that a people in a small country called Syria did not relent to dance and chant for freedom in the street, under the fire, bombing, and shelling of the Assad regime. These people said “death is better than living without hope”. Anan, Clinton, and Lavrov might smile and make deals, at the end, the Syrian people will surprise you and break the chains of dictatorship and neo colonialism.

Saturday, June 13, 2020

Lebanon yesterday and today in pictures





         




 



     



 
                                                                                                                                                        
 











                                      

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