Love to know what Sharmine thinks about the "new Arab spring" Archived Message Posted by David Macilwain on November 7, 2019, 9:24 am, in reply to ""They can make their own missiles, develop their own centrifuges, produce pesticides, chemo drugs," in Iraq and Lebanon, where "people from all walks of life are protesting, sunni shia, christian etc" But lo! In Iraq they aren't burning the stars and stripes, but protesting against all foreign forces in the country, namely the Iranians! The Iraqis have no money and no services not because the Iranians have taken them, but because the Yanks and their Kurdish mates have cut off that part of the country and made f**ing billions selling the oil into Europe and Israel. And in Lebanon for some reason in the end the protests have coalesced into opposition to Hezbollah... BTW, Iranians love Coke, even though they make it themselves; it's the only time I've drunk the sh**te since I was a kid, given to me at a meal in Iran! Message Thread: Sharmine Narwani on the end of the Syrian war and the "post-imperial Middle East" - Ken Waldron November 7, 2019, 2:57 am Sharmine introduces a favourite word: angélisme, meaning naive extremes of idealism. Who of the - Rhisiart Gwilym November 7, 2019, 7:13 am "They can make their own missiles, develop their own centrifuges, produce pesticides, chemo drugs, - Rhisiart Gwilym November 7, 2019, 7:44 am Love to know what Sharmine thinks about the "new Arab spring" - David Macilwain November 7, 2019, 9:24 am Lebanon's real problem: foreign currency debt & a lira pegged to the dollar. - Ken Waldron November 7, 2019, 1:22 pm First part: Sharmine Narwani on the secret history of America's defeat in Syria - Ken Waldron November 7, 2019, 12:57 pm   Searching