http://www.theworld.org/2011/12/syria-spokesman-crackdown/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=syria-spokesman-crackdown Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.theworld.org/2011/12/syria-spokesman-crackdown/comment-page-1/#comment-23677 quasarnine Thu, 01 Mar 2012 10:15:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=98620#comment-23677 It's fascinating to see this dressed-up police state come unstuck.  And Syria's many academic apologists are losing all credibility beyond the borders of that airless bunker. It’s fascinating to see this dressed-up police state come unstuck.  And Syria’s many academic apologists are losing all credibility beyond the borders of that airless bunker.

]]> http://www.theworld.org/2011/12/syria-spokesman-crackdown/comment-page-1/#comment-22567 B.J. Herbison Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:28:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=98620#comment-22567 I strongly agree with the previous comment. The estimate of 5000 deaths were mentioned, the response was "we don't agree with the number"--ask their number and why it differs. Stop them from changing the topic, keep asking why unarmed civilians were shot. I strongly agree with the previous comment. The estimate of 5000 deaths were mentioned, the response was “we don’t agree with the number”–ask their number and why it differs. Stop them from changing the topic, keep asking why unarmed civilians were shot.

]]> http://www.theworld.org/2011/12/syria-spokesman-crackdown/comment-page-1/#comment-22563 Anonymous Fri, 16 Dec 2011 02:39:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=98620#comment-22563 I have heard several interviewers speak to Syrian government spokespeople (including Barbara Walters and President Assad), and in each case I have waited for a question that never gets asked, to my disbelief. In every case, the interviewee has said, "I'm sorry, you simply don't understand what is really going on", yet no one has sked "Then why don't you allow any journalists in so that we can see for ourselves what is really going on and report it"! Come on, people, isn't that what you journalists should be after them about as question number one?! I have heard several interviewers speak to Syrian government spokespeople (including Barbara Walters and President Assad), and in each case I have waited for a question that never gets asked, to my disbelief. In every case, the interviewee has said, “I’m sorry, you simply don’t understand what is really going on”, yet no one has sked “Then why don’t you allow any journalists in so that we can see for ourselves what is really going on and report it”! Come on, people, isn’t that what you journalists should be after them about as question number one?!

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