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"We declare our right on this earth...to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary." ~ Malcolm XYesterday Parliamentary elections were held in Syria. 7000 polling booths were opened across the country. 11,341 candidates were proposed from across Syria with 250 to be elected to Parliament, including a number of female candidates.
"It's one of the classic tactics of organized crime. You exploit it as far as you can and when you have essentially squeezed every possible bit of value out of it, you burn it. In organized crime's case, I mean that literally, whereas with private equity, it's planned bankruptcy. But essentially you dispose of it in as convenient a way as possible, and then you walk away."This squeeze and burn tactic has been dramatized both by "The Sopranos" and the film "Goodfellas," where mobsters take control of companies and run up their credit.
Comment: Like the Syrian Arab Army's recent victory over Daesh in Palmyra, you can be sure that this affirmation of democracy in Syria will go well ignored in Western media. For many, it'll be like it never happened - but it sure has. Western warmongers be damned.