A Matter Of Facial Hair

Syria seems to be really convinced that Lebanon has wronged her.

I was watching a T.V. program yesterday about the border crisis between Lebanon and Syria. The guests were 4 people, well chosen to fulfill our stereotypes: The “Syria always sucks” Lebanese, The “It’s always Lebanon’s fault and Syria’s always an angel” Lebanese, The “Syria should leave the Lebanese alone” American, and finally, the Syrian official spokesperson.

Watching the Syrian guy talk is just amazing. I couldn’t help but remember that incidence in the Muslim League back in March 2003, when the Iraqi delegate, Ibrahim al Douri, snapped at his Kuwaiti counterpart for not being “loyal”: “yil3an Shawarbak!”

Back to Syria: The spokesperson was talking about how “disappointed” the Syrians are from the Lebanese, and how the Lebanese proved to be “unfaithful”.
It must be a Baathist thing. A sense of entitlement that makes you imagine that you own your smaller neighbor. And what’s dazzling is that it didn’t look as if the man was faking. He sounded sincere, just like Mr. Al Douri back then.

Syria appears to be totally oblivious of what’s going on around it, and Bashar’s biggest problem seems to be that Fouad Seniora doesn’t have any facial hair to curse.