As a Canadian of Iranian descent I followed this case directly. People like me could’ve been in Arar’s place. The RCMP in Canada actually passed Arar’s ‘dossier’ to the CIA, so the Americans weren’t the only ones with dirty hands in that whole affair. Yes, MRZine has become frankly pathetic, its editor running the site like it was her own personal blog. Don’t the publishers of the magazine, Foster and others, owe their readers at least an explanation of position? I’m not necessarily against specific analysis of each case; Syria is different and there are those in for instance ethnic minorities like the Armenians who are frankly grateful for Assad family’s secular benevolence, but the regime as a whole is corrupt, undemocratic and is run like a crime family. You can’t defend regimes such as this forever. All they actually do is ultimately pave the way for the most retrograde elements in the society.
Comment by Mazdak — March 31, 2011 My own comment: Don’t the publishers of the magazine, Foster and others, owe their readers at least an explanation of position? I wouldn't expect any. A friend of mine who just barely managed to being killed by Idi Amin's militia wrote an angry letter to Foster and Mage about their pro-Qaddafi tilt. As some of you might know, Qaddafi was a major backer of Idi Amin. They didn't bother to reply. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
