Syria's official news agency today carried a news item that was just too good to let pass without comment. I grabbed the screen shot below, in case they decide to remove the story as they have done in the past.
President Assad issued a decree in which he effectively gives students extra grades. Seriously?
In one swoop, the man demonstrates that:
1. That he is indeed a dictator. (In case anyone had a lingering doubt, he's the dude that can decide to do whatever, whenever).
2. No school or employer should take Syrian students seriously. The grades are determined by the government when the feel like it. Grades do not necessarily reflect your abilities. (If you want a job, you better suck up to the government to give you a job).
But the decree also raises other possibilities:
1. Assad is still deeply involved in the Bekaa drug trade, and he is testing the quality of the stuff himself.
2. Assad loves the young ones, in the same way that Kim Jong-Il loves the young ones. All that's needed is for him to start putting freaky statues of friendly animals around town.
Source: By (Stephan)
President Assad issued a decree in which he effectively gives students extra grades. Seriously?
In one swoop, the man demonstrates that:
1. That he is indeed a dictator. (In case anyone had a lingering doubt, he's the dude that can decide to do whatever, whenever).
2. No school or employer should take Syrian students seriously. The grades are determined by the government when the feel like it. Grades do not necessarily reflect your abilities. (If you want a job, you better suck up to the government to give you a job).
But the decree also raises other possibilities:
1. Assad is still deeply involved in the Bekaa drug trade, and he is testing the quality of the stuff himself.
2. Assad loves the young ones, in the same way that Kim Jong-Il loves the young ones. All that's needed is for him to start putting freaky statues of friendly animals around town.
Source: By (Stephan)
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