McNamara Ground Operations Coffee Machine Political reflection

There is a certain similarity between The Imperialists' governments and the Syrian and Lybian police states these days. Both are blaming Al-qa'ida for their domestic repression. Just as in the US, one cannot say such things--except here anonymously--same in Syria. Of course much worse in Syria, where now eight thousand people have had to flee the northern cities of Jiser al-Shughur and another city in Idlib province into Turkey. I could see from the faces in the crowd of the pro-Assad rally Wednesday the 15th? that Assad is able to rally the better-off middle bourgeoisie. It seems to be the farmers who are moving politically in this rich farming country.