Is that like the famous parody of Qaddafi? When I saw it, I knew it was all over for him. When a leader is no longer feared, he’s finished.

NormanF on December 8, 2011 at 2:29 pm

The proper name of Bashhar El-Asad is how I wrote it.
There was a joke in Egypt that Mubarak asked Saddam Hussein; Why do you want to annex Kuwait???? Saddam; I want to make a nice Zoo out of it. Mubarak; A Zoo needs animals in it??? Where are you going to get them from???? Well I will get the Leopard (Fahd) from Saudi Arabia. The Asad (lion ) from Syria, The Nimr (tiger) from Sudan. But a zoo must have domestic animals too. Well I will get the Humaar (Donkey or jackass) from Egypt. And the pawot (parrot) from the USA.

Gamal R. Scharoubim on December 9, 2011 at 9:36 am

Almost as funny as the comments made by “halal?” nose sausage manufacturer Haitham Masri MDog when he described how his patient Souad only got what she paid for (pain and suffering aside) pertaining to my mothers caregiver whom I accompanied to Masri Clinic because she is moslem and wanted a doctor who spoke her language, and trusted him (a mistake) because his staff said he was late because he was at mosque.
Masri’s inane deposition defaming Souad and another former patient indirectly reminded me of this equallly inane interview where Assad blamed the victims for not providing evidence after they were killed.
Aparently both dictators and doctors receive special dispensation from full prosecution. Assad “My people elected me so this gives me the right to control them for their own protection. Its not my fault if individual police misunderstood right?” Is this guy coping involuntary manslaughter at worse?
Masri lied to cover his neglect in a more serious malpractice suit where his license was suspended for only six months.
Michael Jackson’s doctor and murderer got only a four month sentence for involuntary manslaughter.
Bin Ladin gets full rights to proper moslem prayers-more than the thousands he murdered got.Thanks Barack!
Thanks again Debby for defending me against this overt published bigot and rippoff doctor’s fallacious libel suit when all I did was tell the truth giving my opinion that he was a poor moslem in the context of his attending his inflamatory Jew hating mosque (they love Farakhan and no doubt Bin Ladin).When it comes to the Dearborn Masri Clinic remember Stoker’s Dracula invitation “Enter freely and of your own will”….. Succah!
If you’re muslem keep repeating “Inshallah” when you are promised anything by a co-religionist and if you need a nose job check the yellow pages for “mohel” no doubt you will get a better surgery than the one Souad got at Masri Clinic.
One more thing Assad is also a doctor, an Optomolgist who may receive the same brain operation Bin Ladin got.

Ron Wolf on December 10, 2011 at 7:32 am

Perhaps Barbara Walters was once a serious journalist; others dispute even this.

But her even talking to Assad elevated him to a level higher than he already was – TREASON, in my estimation, somewhat like Jane Fonda sitting on the tank in Hanoi, I believe.

Level of “journalism” is about that of Jeraldo Rivera interviewing Charles Manson in Manson’s prison cell.

Frank Zavisca on December 11, 2011 at 1:55 pm