Yesterday I traveled to Tampa, Florida at the invitation of the Syrian/Palestinian community. The purpose of the visit was to “clear the air” about my public reaction to the fall of the Assad regime and its impact on the ongoing struggle for an independent Palestinian homeland. The meeting was organized by Propaganda & Co., a social media company with roots in the Tampa Bay Palestinian community.
The meeting was cordial-even friendly—with all parties involved engaging in a very vigorous exchange of ideas. For my part, I walked away with a greater appreciation for the positions taken by anti-Assad Syrians, and those of the greater Palestinian community. While my conclusions have not changed—the fall of Assad is a disaster for the Axis of Resistance and the struggle for a free Palestine—I have softened considerably my criticism of those who cheered Assad’s collapse. I walked away from this meeting with a new appreciation for the complexities and nuances of Levant politics, one that will shape and inform my assessments going forward.
My deepest gratitude to Ahmad from Propaganda & Co., for organizing this meeting, and to Hassan and the other representatives of Tampa’s vibrant Syrian and Palestinian communities, for sharing their invaluable insights and warm and generous company.
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The meeting was cordial-even friendly—with all parties involved engaging in a very vigorous exchange of ideas. For my part, I walked away with a greater appreciation for the positions taken by anti-Assad Syrians, and those of the greater Palestinian community. While my conclusions have not changed—the fall of Assad is a disaster for the Axis of Resistance and the struggle for a free Palestine—I have softened considerably my criticism of those who cheered Assad’s collapse. I walked away from this meeting with a new appreciation for the complexities and nuances of Levant politics, one that will shape and inform my assessments going forward.
My deepest gratitude to Ahmad from Propaganda & Co., for organizing this meeting, and to Hassan and the other representatives of Tampa’s vibrant Syrian and Palestinian communities, for sharing their invaluable insights and warm and generous company.
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ASK THE INSPECTOR EP. 220 Highlight
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Any discussion of the “crimes” committed by Assad that doesn’t discuss the Muslim Brotherhood is no discussion at all.
The Brotherhood was an Islamic cancer to a secular Syria.
The Syrian government fought a deadly war of extermination to eradicate this cancer.
Similar to the “dirty war” carried out in Algeria in the 1990’s.
Secular governments like that which governed in Syria and which continues to govern in Algeria believe that radical Islam is a cancer to modern society.
The cure they imposed was harsh.
It certainly demands scrutiny and condemnation.
But to pretend the violence happened in a vacuum borders on ignorance.
The Muslim Brotherhood was an outlawed Islamic terrorist organization which sought the violent overthrow of the Assad government.
Live by the sword…
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The Brotherhood was an Islamic cancer to a secular Syria.
The Syrian government fought a deadly war of extermination to eradicate this cancer.
Similar to the “dirty war” carried out in Algeria in the 1990’s.
Secular governments like that which governed in Syria and which continues to govern in Algeria believe that radical Islam is a cancer to modern society.
The cure they imposed was harsh.
It certainly demands scrutiny and condemnation.
But to pretend the violence happened in a vacuum borders on ignorance.
The Muslim Brotherhood was an outlawed Islamic terrorist organization which sought the violent overthrow of the Assad government.
Live by the sword…
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I support that which promotes a free and independent Palestine and the destruction of Zionist Israel.
There were divisions inside Hamas.
Sinwar represented one school of thought.
He was in favor of good relations with Hezbollah, Syria, and Iran.
He is dead.
Khalid Mashal is fully aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood.
He cheers the fall of Assad, and is critical of Hezbollah and Iran.
I supported the Palestine of Sinwar.
I do not support Khalid Mashal’s vision.
But you do you.
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There were divisions inside Hamas.
Sinwar represented one school of thought.
He was in favor of good relations with Hezbollah, Syria, and Iran.
He is dead.
Khalid Mashal is fully aligned with the Muslim Brotherhood.
He cheers the fall of Assad, and is critical of Hezbollah and Iran.
I supported the Palestine of Sinwar.
I do not support Khalid Mashal’s vision.
But you do you.
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The Nazi massacre of Jews in Babi Yar produced a mass grave of 33,000.
It was murdered on an industrial scale.
And you want me to believe that the Assad regime dumped 150,000 bodies in this plot of land, a few here, a few there?
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It was murdered on an industrial scale.
And you want me to believe that the Assad regime dumped 150,000 bodies in this plot of land, a few here, a few there?
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ASK THE INSPECTOR EP. 221
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