The end is nigh (again): 1/3 Americans say war in Syria is a precursor for Armageddon. http://t.co/0xMQcn5nPG And Arabs are superstitious?(No comment from me. I gotta live among them. Go to the link for details. )
— Khaled Diab (@DiabolicalIdea) September 15, 2013
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Syrian rebels described in 4 Tweets by Karl Sharro
I will summarize my views about the external Syrian opposition with this old Syrian joke: a man goes to a newly opened state chicken centre
— Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) September 15, 2013
The place looks quite modern, they ask him: do you want chicken for cooking or grilling? Cooking he says. Then go to the first floor.
— Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) September 15, 2013
Do you want whole chicken or chicken pieces? Whole, he replies. Go to the second floor then. And so on until he got to the tenth floor.
— Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) September 15, 2013
"Can I have some chicken?" He asked. "We don't actually have any chicken, but what did you think of our system? It's great, right?"
— Karl Sharro (@KarlreMarks) September 15, 2013
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On Syria's chemical weapons RT @ddknyt: If History Is Any Measure, the Clock Is Ticking, via @nytimes http://t.co/tgPDO6EiuI
— Blake Hounshell (@blakehounshell) September 15, 2013
New and improved: 3 Quarks Daily version 3.0 is finally here!: Dear Reader, It is with great excitement and... http://t.co/0KeWeOekof
— 3 Quarks Daily (@3QD) September 15, 2013
Tear gas is officially a chemical weapon.
— Mahir Zeynalov (@MahirZeynalov) September 15, 2013
This is how everyone’s been doing since the financial crisis - The Washington Post http://t.co/NczioUeY3C
— Nouriel Roubini (@Nouriel) September 15, 2013
Five years after the financial crisis, Wall Street is doing grrrreat! Everyone else? Not so much. http://t.co/szuGdZYqZf
— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) September 13, 2013
a good read on #Iran by @MaloneySuzanne: Iran Surprises Itself and the World http://t.co/q61yypna3h
— Vali Nasr (@vali_nasr) September 15, 2013
Well-written summary of modern Persian history, but a bit too glossy to call balanced. I forgive Dr. Nasr for the recommendation since he is a fellow-Iranian.
It's okay to gloss over issues like the challenges of nuclear arms development or the truly savage nature of the war with Iraq, but these topics didn't merit as much as a couple of paragraphs. And I saw no mention of the Basiji militias. It's like reading a history of America without mentioning our predilection for endless military conflicts and some high-profile presidential scandals.
This video will save the reader the time it takes to read the article.
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