At the airport in Jordan, I met a Syrian refugee...

At the airport in Jordan, I met a Syrian refugee...

      It was only three days into 2025 and I was just sitting there in front of Gate 24, all jet-lagged after two days in the air, going without sleep since forever and waiting not-so-patiently for stuff to happen like you always do in airports, when an Arabic man, his wheelchair-bound mother and a mountain of luggage sat down beside me.  "You look trustworthy," he said.  I do?  "Will you watch our luggage while I take my mother to the restroom?"  Sure. 

      They took a very long time to come back and just as I was starting to worry that there might be a bomb in said luggage, they finally did come back.  "Where are you from?" I asked the man.  

     "Syria."  Oh boy.  Wonder what he thinks of President Assad.  Does he like him?  Does he hate him?  "We love Assad," the man declared.  Cool.  Here's me, doing on-the-spot reporting right here at Gate 24!

       And when I finally got to my hotel in Amman, I listened to podcasts while trying unsuccessfully to get to sleep on jet-lag time -- and there was Scott Ritter, taking trash about Basher Assad.  "The man is a coward," said Scott.  "If he had been any kind of a president, he would have grabbed an AK-47 and died on the front lines."  

      No.

      Good grief, Scott, do I ever beg to differ! 

     Scott mostly get things right but he clearly got this one wrong.  For over fourteen long bloody years, Assad and his rag-tag Syrian Arab Army were the only ones standing between heavily-armed American neo-con pirates who were trying to rape and pillage Syria just like they did with Libya.  And it was Assad who swallowed his pride and begged the UN, the Russians, Hezbollah, anyone for help.  No, Assad was (and is) a hero.  The man simply got worn down.  

      And even you would get worn down too, Scott -- if billions of dollars of weapons were thrown at you and American neo-cons, Zionist colonialists, US-funded ISIS terrorists and Turkish hoodlums had been invading your back yard for over fourteen long bloody years.  Don't ever give me no bull dookie that Assad was a coward.

PS:  Here's me, at the Roman Amphitheater in downtown Amman:

Resources:

European Zionists are rapidly destroying Israel, and lots of folks there want to leave ASAP:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSKGG2if_W0

Prof. Marandi sez that the Middle East is heading toward all-out war.  I'd better get my sightseeing done first!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrW8XcE37N0

Regarding public-private partnerships, Jimmy Dore sez that we now only have public liability and private profit:  https://rumble.com/v65s7jg-this-is-why-steve-bannon-terrifies-the-establishment.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=The%20Jimmy%20Dore%20Show

Bottomless debt at home, endless "war" abroad?  What's wrong with this picture?  https://www.friendsofeurope.org/insights/critical-thinking-if-you-are-in-a-deep-financial-hole-at-home-dont-make-unnecessary-enemies-abroad/

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