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Syrian Rebels Take Damascus As Assad Flees Amid Global Concerns
One hopes that they have learned lessons. What's being seen now is the 100 year unfolding of past Empires, Ottoman, British and French. In Tunisia, they sort of worked it through after a couple of corrupt Presidents fled, and have a functioning democracy. Libya was a strange one; Gaddafi actually designed the country to have no government. Everything was done by essentially local councils, answerable to jim, the "Jamahiriya". Essentially, he made sure that the Army couldn't do to him, what he and the other young officers did to the previous government. Gaddafi could have died of old age in office, and the same outcome would have happened. In Afghanistan, what state functions there were, basically disappeared when the Soviets pulled out. Later on, Afghan diaspora tried to rebuild government based on little more than folk memory. Little wonder that was easy to crumble. In Iraq, the Americans thought they could have applied the 1945 Germany model to the country, when instead they shuld have applied the Japan 1945 model. In Syria, there is still a sort of functioning state, though Assad's stupidity and weakness meant it is severely corroded (he was not, as portrayed, a "Strong Man", with a powerful force of personality, he was a weak and vain man, easily manipulated. Rather pathetic really). At the moment, the likely successor is Abu Mohammed al-Golani. His interview with CNN was interesting; Bit early to take him at his word, but initial signs are promising, as is the news coming out of Homs. But he is certainly self-aware, he knows he is talking to the world, and I think he knows Syria will need the help of the world for many years; 90% of the population is below the poverty line. Syria was never one of the richest Arab states. It never really had the oil riches the illiterate Al Sauds enjoyed. But it has a long and sophisticated history. Unlike Al Zarqawi, he wasn't a former drug dealer-gangster, nor a theologian-academic like Al Baghdadi (who was probably more comparable to Pol Pot, given his academic-driven vision of Islamic rule. Al Baghdadi came from a religious family, apparently had a PhD from an Islamic University. Pol Pot studied in Europe, and became deeply involved in Maoist-Anarchist movements, and applied all of that to Year Zero Cambodia, in an utterly monstrous and depraved way). Al-Golani comes from a wealthy Damascus family. His Nom de Guerre portrays a bit of a chip on his shoulder about the Golan Heights, or maybe that, along with the dalliance with a turban, robes and BDUs, was all part of a theatrical act. maybe his interview is part of a theatrical act. He will be judged. But he might be irrelevant. It wasn't the HTH that took Damascus, but a group from south of the City. He's taking the plaudits, like a Charles de Gaulle marching into Paris did (or Chiang Kei Shek in Taipai). The first test is whether the current Prime Minister ends up swinging from lamp post, then we know the script that is being followed. There is little said about the whereabouts of the Syrian General Staff; these were men promoted not because of competance or military prowess, but because of sychophancy, which would have been measured in what brutal method they could apply to kill terrorists/their own people. They also would have been promoted based on trust, and affiliated to the Alawites. Is there a Syrian Khalifa Haftar, with access to the good Syrian military kit. While the rebels are appealing to members of the old regime to remain at their posts, the news from Sednya prison might be a portant. Allegedly, doors to sections were sealed shut, and ventilation turned off, before the prison guards fled. Hollywood's version of the previous capture of Damascus by a loose Arab alliance who all hated each other -
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Massage Parlour Visits Turn Fatal: Singaporean Tourist and Thai Singer Die
If you are going to ban massage on the grounds of a few deaths, whose exact cause has not yet been elucidated, then it is more urgent to lock up doctors. Iatrigenic disease is said to be the third leading cause of death. At least in the U.S. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK225187/ Nothing new as far as I am concerned, having read Ivan Illich's 'Medical Nemesis' more than half a century ago. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1122871/ Why do certain sorts of information take so many years to reach a broader audience? -
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Is there anything good about getting old?
Or he may have spent his life trying to be healthy. -
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Which movies you never get tired about?
The Great Escape. I must have watched it at least 20 times. My kids could recite every line when they were teenagers. If anyone has a link to it dubbed into Thai, I would really like my missus to see it. -
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Is there anything good about getting old?
I'm closer to 70 than 60, just started a new job, teaching science to 'annoying children' 🙂 I really can't imagine retiring. I think the user you are replying to was referring to children of your own living under your roof, whom you cannot say goodbye to when the bell goes. -
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Syrian government falls in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family
Don can I send you some of my elect+water bills? Oh you forgot about the 50k dlrs for converting .I was too scared of the full chop myself ! -
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Bangkok braces for current affairs as power outages hit home
How does one brace for events of political or social interest and importance happening in the world at the present time?
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