Most people don't understand what is going on within Syria. The reason is basically because journalists are not allowed in this country. They could file bad tidings reports that would frighten the citizens under the yoke of President-for-life Bashir al-Assad. Bashir's late father was a barbaric ruler of Syria and handed over the country to his son, who is determined to be more beastly than his old man.
As forty nations drop deadly bombs on Syria, determined to obliterate ISIS, millions of Syrians flee to the borders and take refuge in Turkey, Jordan and Iraq. The refugee camps are overwhelmed by families with 10-14 children who are dirty, diseased, illiterate, angry and hungry. They are also freezing in the winter weather. Their indifferent hosts want to get rid of them somehow.
Then there are the religious factions among these millions of desperate families. The Shiites hate the Sunnis who control Syria. The Houthi Rebels have undertaken a coup d'etat in Yemen and, backed by Iran, have seized the Presidential Palace, successfully holding hostage President Abed Rabbo Mansoul Hedi who is a member of al-Qaeda. There remains a standoff as to whether or not the hostage President will remain in power.
While all this power struggle remains in limbo, the ISIS war mongers continue to kill all prisoners (they are too costly and burdensome to protect) and try to defeat the advancing army of Kurds. The sorry sight of hundreds of barefoot people fleeing war zones is indescribable. They carry belongings in shopping bags and loaves of bread in baskets on their heads. They also rob others of shoes and belongings. The United Nations remains impotent.
As all this turmoil swirls around the Middle East, CNN continues to present the news from all over the world. Before and after commercials for insurance, erectile dysfunction, dry vaginas and red eyes, bridge music from CNN's coverage of the Gulf War in 1990 is heard. It's reassuring to know that one cable television station from the 200 offered by Charter Communications is blasting our eyes and ears with the present War of the Worlds. (Orson Welles, eat your heart out!)
So, folks, our only relief from the turmoil of war, murders in Paris (and finding an English copy of Charlie Hebdo) is to worry about skinny footballs and whether or not somebody deflated the New England Patriots' balls. Hmmmmmm. Any of you women care to examine Tom Brady before the Super Bowl Game?
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