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Obama strike threat is butt of Syrian jokes
AFP News ^
| September 10, 2013
Posted on 09/10/2013 9:24:02 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A Syrian caricature shows US President Barack Obama smile and pluck the petals of a daisy, as he wonders, "Should I bomb? Or shouldn't I bomb?"
As Obama delays a strike against President Bashar al-Assad's regime thought imminent just over a week ago, Syrians on both sides of their civil war are resorting to black humour, sharing jokes and cartoons via mobile phone and the Internet.
One Syrian posted a picture of Obama on Facebook with a biting caption that reads: "When Congress gives me the green light to strike, I will ask my wife Michelle and my in-laws. If they say it's alright, I'll go ahead!"
Cartoons mocking Obama's "indecision" made the rounds, with one depicting the US president as Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse.
Another joke makes fun of the US secretary of state, calling on Syrians to sign up for an imagined mobile phone service called John "Kerry, inform me at any cost" of when a strike would take place.
Some shared a joke about a man using unconventional means to propose to his fiancee: "Honey, let's wait till after the strike. We'll see what happens then."
(Excerpt) Read more at france24.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: arabspring; butt; leadingfrombehind; syria
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
“butt of Syrian jokes”
American ones too.....................and world wide no doubt.
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posted on
09/10/2013 9:26:55 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Butt fits, don’t ya think?
To: Oldeconomybuyer; Travis McGee
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posted on
09/10/2013 9:27:40 AM PDT
by
null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
The joke is fixin to be on us, somehow, I think. What concessions/deals will the O admin make with Russia so that their proxy avoids an essentially harmless strike now that he his so flexible (easy mark) post reelection?
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posted on
09/10/2013 9:32:04 AM PDT
by
Dysart
(Being nuts has its advantages...and the machete doesn't hurt, either.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Cartoons mocking Obama's "indecision" made the rounds, with one depicting the US president as Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse. What an insult!.........To Mickey Mouse............
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posted on
09/10/2013 9:32:16 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong. .....Voltaire)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Cartoons mocking Obama's "indecision" made the rounds, with one depicting the US president as Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse. Nice analogy ... timid as a mouse ... ears and all. 40 more months to endure of the country being shredded, domestically and abroad, by Obummer.
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posted on
09/10/2013 9:32:24 AM PDT
by
MissMagnolia
(You see, truth always resides wherever brave men still have ammunition. I pick truth. (John Ransom))
To: Oldeconomybuyer
President You Didn’t Build That is an international joke—a witless dirty joke only twelve-year-old boys would consider funny.
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posted on
09/10/2013 9:32:46 AM PDT
by
Standing Wolf
(No tyrant should ever be allowed to die of natural causes.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Comedy in the Muslim world? Someone should let Albert Brooks know.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Go Unbelievably Small or Go Home!
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posted on
09/10/2013 9:33:48 AM PDT
by
Argus
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Maybe there should be a cartoon contest of Mohamed and say sent by Assad ...
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posted on
09/10/2013 9:35:03 AM PDT
by
Deetes
(God Bless the Troops)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
0bama and kerry have unbelievably small brains.
To: V_TWIN
American ones too.....................and world wide no doubt.I haven't seen any.
Are Obama Jokes verboten in FR?
Like "the strike was all scheduled, and the Bloods were available, but the Crips had a prior engagement?"
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posted on
09/10/2013 9:41:17 AM PDT
by
publius911
(Look for the Union label, then buy something else.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
BREAKING: Obama authorizes the use of Vice President Joe Biden's double-barrel shotgun to fire a couple of blasts toward Syria
(HT Peoplescube.com)
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posted on
09/10/2013 9:45:25 AM PDT
by
Heartlander
(We are all Rodeo Clowns now!)
To: publius911
Are Obama Jokes verboten in FR? It's hard to laugh at Obama. There is nothing funny about the abortion that is this Presidency.
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posted on
09/10/2013 9:45:32 AM PDT
by
Tenacious 1
(Waiting for next tagline.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Guess that makes them all racists right?
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posted on
09/10/2013 9:45:33 AM PDT
by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
To: Red Badger
What an insult!.........To Mickey Mouse............Indeed. A more apt comparison might be a mix of The Three Stooges and The Keystone Cops.
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posted on
09/10/2013 9:46:30 AM PDT
by
ken in texas
(Obama schedule- Nice weather: golf, else play spades with Reggie)
To: Red Badger
I am sure all the aholes at disney voted for this bozo.
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posted on
09/10/2013 9:46:42 AM PDT
by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
” Syrians on both sides of their civil war are resorting to black humour,...” - Dat be racist!
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posted on
09/10/2013 9:46:53 AM PDT
by
PDGearhead
(Obama's lack of citizenship)
To: ken in texas
Laurel & Hardy meet Godzilla..............
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posted on
09/10/2013 9:47:53 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong. .....Voltaire)
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