Category: Activism & Advocacy

Obama’s Regional Tour

  1. The inability to see and believe the obvious reflects an equally obvious inability to envision an effective strategy for dealing with it. 3:17 AM Jul 6th
  2. U.S. policymakers refuse to see the obvious in our region: unfriendly regimes will always be unfriendly and will not be part of any solution 3:55 AM Jul 6th
  3. The status quo in our region is crumbling, but America won’t have any friends unless she invests herself fully in producing the alternatives 3:57 AM Jul 6th
  4. Fighting blood-thirsty tyrants with eloquent speeches, handshakes and assurances of respect make good PR but not a good foreign policy. 4:04 AM Jul 6th
  5. You cannot fend off vampires with lollypops. You cannot oppose tyrants with words. You cannot win respect by a show of weakness. 4:10 AM Jul 6th  Continue reading “Obama’s Regional Tour” →

On Syria

 

  1. Never judge a people by their government, be it democratic or authoritarian. Governments are always fucked up, and peoples decent and good. 7:15 PM Jul 4th
  2. Syria’s Princess Diana wannabe wants her people to be part of the solution and not just complain. Hmm. How sincere http://tinyurl.com/nbr52q 12:34 AM Jul 5th
  3. Meanwhile, not to be outdone, Syria’s ruler, God’s Most Perfect Moron, invites President Obama for a friendly chat http://tinyurl.com/klrpyx 12:36 AM Jul 5th
  4. I guess crackdowns and sham elections are meant as incentives to encourage popular participation in the national exercise in self-deception. 12:40 AM Jul 5th
  5. This time last year in Syria, scores of political prisoners were gunned down in the infamous prison of Saydnaya: http://tinyurl.com/nl9r86. 12:43 AM Jul 5th Continue reading “On Syria” →

Tweets Of Revolutions

 

  1. Revolutions are the only option that can afford our peoples the chance to influence the decision-making processes in the region. 7:47 PM Jun 13th
  2. If you are serious about revolution, you have to be serious about organization and ready to handle the mess. It’s not enough to shout out. 7:48 PM Jun 13th
  3. Preparing for a revolution is an industrial process. Preparing a dozen revolutions is more so. But that’s exactly what we need in our region 7:53 PM Jun 13th
  4. We need to build an organized constituency and a sustained momentum for change, a single spark here and there is not enough. 7:56 PM Jun 13th
  5. We have to connect the dots, exchange expertise, fight simultaneously on different fronts, and continuously reshuffle operational priorities 7:58 PM Jun 13th Continue reading “Tweets Of Revolutions” →

Tweets Of Iranian President Elections & The Green Elections

  1. Was it fraud? Or does Ahmadinejad’s “win” reflect his ability to cast himself a champion of the poor in a state where the majority is poor? 3:51 PM Jun 13th
  2. If fraud was involved in the elections, then Ahmadinejad and clique, with Khamenei’s backing, must have already planned for a showdown. 6:06 PM Jun 13th
  3.  Should Ahmadinejad emerge emboldened and unscathed from the current showdown, then our eyes should immediately turn back to Lebanon and Gaza 6:20 PM Jun 13th
  4. Fraud or no fraud, the world now has to deal with a more defiant Ahmadinejad and a troubling N. Korea. The “Axis of Evil” is fighting back. 6:38 PM Jun 13th
  5. Terminologies notwithstanding, the current situation in Iran argues for more sustained support for democracy activists in our region. 6:42 PM Jun 13th Continue reading “Tweets Of Iranian President Elections & The Green Elections” →