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(Chicago Tribune) Strange Syrian president says only "crazy presidents" kill their own citizens, is crazy   (chicagotribune.com) divider line 44
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2011-12-07 02:36:42 PM
So he admits that he's crazy, then?
 
2011-12-07 02:36:58 PM
He's not crazy, he's batshiat mental. There's a difference.
 
2011-12-07 02:38:13 PM
Siri, how can I tell if I'm crazy?
 
2011-12-07 02:39:18 PM
"Crackdowns"? Not from here. I didn't. I mean, this is the first I've heard of it. If there were a crackdown going on, I think I'd know, ha-ha.
 
2011-12-07 02:39:55 PM
 
2011-12-07 02:41:24 PM
That is absolutely correct - only "crazy" presidents kill their citizens...

Other "non-crazy" presidents have their citizens killed by the military or other "law enforcement" officers. The don't do the work themselves.
 
2011-12-07 02:44:50 PM
plc5_250: That is absolutely correct - only "crazy" presidents kill their citizens...

Other "non-crazy" presidents have their citizens killed by the military or other "law enforcement" officers. The don't do the work themselves.


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And do *I* look crazy to you? No, I do not. Therefore, I did not do any of this. My point is thus made, and indisputable.
 
2011-12-07 02:45:27 PM
Would love to here what AG Holder has to say about this.
 
2011-12-07 02:45:30 PM
Why not just move the story on the politics tab over to the main page? Funnier (barely) headline anyway: Link (new window)
 
2011-12-07 02:47:29 PM
www.thesharkguys.com

I always thought he looked like Valky Bahtakamus off of Perfect Strangers.

Does THAT make sense? No. It does not make sense. Ladies and Gentlemen, I AM NOT MAKING ANY SENSE!!

If Valky from Perfect Strangers is ruling Syria with an iron fist, you must acquit!
 
2011-12-07 02:47:35 PM
No blood and no skulls make Assad something something.
 
2011-12-07 02:47:38 PM
Crazy, you say? Pot, meet kettle.
 
2011-12-07 02:48:21 PM
Assad says only "crazy" leaders kill own people

Assad says only crazy "leaders" kill own people
 
2011-12-07 02:48:48 PM
Scaryduck: He's not crazy, he's batshiatBa'athshiat mental. There's a difference.
 
HBK
2011-12-07 02:50:34 PM
SNAP!

Take that, Obama.
 
2011-12-07 02:50:39 PM
What do you expect from an ophthalmologist?
 
2011-12-07 02:53:02 PM
Cue the [wtfamireading.jpg]
 
2011-12-07 02:53:58 PM
Guess all the last few American presidents were pretty wacked out then.
 
2011-12-07 02:53:58 PM
You listening to this, Obama?
 
2011-12-07 02:54:29 PM
Reagan and Bush 4I are not popular on Fark, but they tipped 15 nations into the democratic camp, while simultaneously reducing the chances of nuclear war very drastically.

Obama at the rate he is going, is likely to tip 15 nations into the Islamic camp, and increase the chances of nuclear war very drastically.

Like it or not, we need somebody up there who knows what the hell he is doing.
 
2011-12-07 02:55:04 PM
Cause I'm loco
 
2011-12-07 02:57:04 PM
Crazy like Rick Perry.
 
2011-12-07 03:05:38 PM
olddinosaur

was that a troll?
 
2011-12-07 03:07:49 PM
olddinosaur: Reagan and Bush 4I are not popular on Fark, but they tipped 15 nations into the democratic camp, while simultaneously reducing the chances of nuclear war very drastically.

Obama at the rate he is going, is likely to tip 15 nations into the Islamic camp, and increase the chances of nuclear war very drastically.

Like it or not, we need somebody up there who knows what the hell he is doing.


LOLWUT??
 
2011-12-07 03:08:17 PM
Oznog: [www.thesharkguys.com image 400x325]

I always thought he looked like Valky Bahtakamus off of Perfect Strangers.

Does THAT make sense? No. It does not make sense. Ladies and Gentlemen, I AM NOT MAKING ANY SENSE!!

If Valky from Perfect Strangers is ruling Syria with an iron fist, you must acquit!


I was thinking ODO from DS9, but that works.
 
2011-12-07 03:09:06 PM
olddinosaur: Reagan and Bush 4I are not popular on Fark, but they tipped 15 nations into the democratic camp, while simultaneously reducing the chances of nuclear war very drastically.

Obama at the rate he is going, is likely to tip 15 nations into the Islamic camp, and increase the chances of nuclear war very drastically.

Like it or not, we need somebody up there who knows what the hell he is doing.


Know how I know you don't know much Latin American history?
 
2011-12-07 03:12:28 PM
Oznog: [www.thesharkguys.com image 400x325]

I always thought he looked like Valky Bahtakamus off of Perfect Strangers.

Does THAT make sense? No. It does not make sense. Ladies and Gentlemen, I AM NOT MAKING ANY SENSE!!

If Valky from Perfect Strangers is ruling Syria with an iron fist, you must acquit!


No, you are not making sense. It's Balki.
 
2011-12-07 03:37:54 PM
Crazy leader who doesn't think he's crazy. "You know, that old chestnut."
 
2011-12-07 03:38:52 PM
He should just do it like Bush did, send the young people to invade other countries for no reason and get them killed off.....that way everyone waves flags as their dead bodies come back home and you don't get labeled as "crazy" for your insane war mongering and blood lust.
 
2011-12-07 03:42:10 PM
plc5_250: That is absolutely correct - only "crazy" presidents kill their citizens...

Other "non-crazy" presidents have their citizens killed by the military or other "law enforcement" officers. The don't do the work themselves.


Eddard Stark agrees.
 
2011-12-07 03:55:38 PM
Bashar al-Assad -- what's the over/under on how long before he gets a proctological exam by bayonnet?
 
2011-12-07 04:07:46 PM
So, either he's not in charge of the military, so we shouldn't be talking with him or he's lying through his teeth, so we shouldn't trust anything he says. Pick one.

/I'm aware it's probably both, but he's the one who made the statement.
 
2011-12-07 04:09:27 PM
AqueousBoy: Oznog: [www.thesharkguys.com image 400x325]

I always thought he looked like Valky Bahtakamus off of Perfect Strangers.

Does THAT make sense? No. It does not make sense. Ladies and Gentlemen, I AM NOT MAKING ANY SENSE!!

If Valky from Perfect Strangers is ruling Syria with an iron fist, you must acquit!

No, you are not making sense. It's Balki.


i14.photobucket.comt1.gstatic.com
 
2011-12-07 04:10:52 PM
olddinosaur: Reagan and Bush 4I are not popular on Fark, but they tipped 15 nations into the democratic camp, while simultaneously reducing the chances of nuclear war very drastically.

Obama at the rate he is going, is likely to tip 15 nations into the Islamic camp, and increase the chances of nuclear war very drastically.

Like it or not, we need somebody up there who knows what the hell he is doing.


THIS
 
2011-12-07 04:17:32 PM
gilgigamesh: Al-Awkward.

not to mention the other American with him

Or his 17 year old son (an American teenager) and 18 year old cousin in a separate attack weeks later (and 20 or so other women and children)
 
2011-12-07 04:35:51 PM
He clearly thought that the interviewer thought he was personally killing his own citizens. A reasonable mistake, given the habits of other Ba'athist dictators.
 
2011-12-07 04:54:12 PM
It's worth noting that Bashar Al-Assad was never supposed to be ruler of Syria in the first place. He was off in England being an eye surgeon, having been written off by Dad as not dictator material. When his older brother, who HAD been groomed to take over Syrian rule, was killed in a car crash, Bashar was recalled as next in line. Most of the killing and so on has been orchestrated not by Bashar, but by his other brother, who runs the military and police.

That doesn't get Bashar off the hook, of course, but a Syrian woman I know told me Bashar is well-liked by the majority of Syrians, but thought to be "too weak" to be an effective leader. The problem may be that Bashar just can't control his brother, and is so worried about "looking weak" to his people and other Arab rulers, he's letting all this go on in an effort to appear like a good ruthless dictator.

In that case, he needs to step down not for being too evil, but really for being too spineless.
 
2011-12-07 05:28:14 PM
My mother-in-law said she once heard Assad talk on NPR for nearly twenty minutes and he didn't make any sense. Granted, he could've had a crappy translator, but my money is on "bat shait crazy." When you're a DICKtator, you don't have to make sense.
 
HBK
2011-12-07 06:15:22 PM
Rubberband Girl: My mother-in-law said she once heard Assad talk on NPR for nearly twenty minutes and he didn't make any sense. Granted, he could've had a crappy translator, but my money is on "bat shait crazy." When you're a DICKtator, you don't have to make sense.

Do you have any more stories about things your mom told you she heard on the radio?
 
2011-12-07 07:23:09 PM
Syria's gonna get bombed before 2020. Believe it!
 
2011-12-07 08:08:12 PM
HBK: Rubberband Girl: My mother-in-law said she once heard Assad talk on NPR for nearly twenty minutes and he didn't make any sense. Granted, he could've had a crappy translator, but my money is on "bat shait crazy." When you're a DICKtator, you don't have to make sense.

Do you have any more stories about things your mom told you she heard on the radio?


You know, not everything has to be from a first-hand source to be reliable. Or is it your contention that because Rubberband Girl didn't hear Assad on the radio herself, therefore Assad is not a crazy loon?
 
2011-12-07 08:39:19 PM
olddinosaur: Obama at the rate he is going, is likely to tip 15 nations into the Islamic camp, and increase the chances of nuclear war very drastically.

Like it or not, we need somebody up there who knows what the hell he is doing.



It has not occurred to you that our government might be doing this deliberately? Destabilizing the Middle East to keep them off balance? My, you are naive.
 
2011-12-07 10:55:12 PM
Getting his defense strategy ready.
Good move.
 
HBK
2011-12-08 04:50:23 AM
Gyrfalcon: HBK: Rubberband Girl: My mother-in-law said she once heard Assad talk on NPR for nearly twenty minutes and he didn't make any sense. Granted, he could've had a crappy translator, but my money is on "bat shait crazy." When you're a DICKtator, you don't have to make sense.

Do you have any more stories about things your mom told you she heard on the radio?

You know, not everything has to be from a first-hand source to be reliable. Or is it your contention that because Rubberband Girl didn't hear Assad on the radio herself, therefore Assad is not a crazy loon?


That's not what I said at all.
 
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