Posted on 04/13/2018 12:10:00 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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In 2012, Wikileaks published private emails from the 42-year-old Brit showing she had splashed out $350,000 on 130 pieces of furniture when the bloody civil war had been raging for one year.
She also bought a pair of $7,000 shoes with crystal-encrusted heels and had the goods shipped to Dubai, to get around sanctions.
The murderous pair’s ultra-modern presidential mansion — commissioned in 1979 and designed by Japanese architect Kenzo Tange — is thought to have cost up to $1 billion.
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“dictator..., wife living life of luxury while country in tatters”
michelle obama?
How is that different from nearly any other third-world leader?
Let’s take a quick look at Michelle OBOZO!! what a joke!!
Assad leads a contemptible life of decadence while our humble Saudi friends live life simply and modestly.
So what Obama and the Democrats do the same.
SOP for all tyrants. Castro was famous for that too, had his own island to keep out pesky commoners. Who expects the elite to live any other way????
Yup.
His alleged lifestyle would matter to us only if we were supporting him, rather than attacking him for something he didn’t do.
https://www.voanews.com/a/a-13-a-2003-04-20-15-palaces-66849002/375724.html
Saddam 2.0
The Deep State is shameless
Like what you did/ that word ; ) fitting.
What is he expected to do?
Eat dry ramen and live under a bridge?
I agree. This is no news, just a desperate war party maneuver to help get people to support regime change at the cost of American blood and money.
To be fair, that’s nowhere near a mansion, just an average sized house.
Still though, it’s far nicer than her constituents.
No way. Is that legit?
VOGUE did a profile piece w/ many photos of Mrs. Assad. Spoke about how glamorous they were & the great things they were doing for the country.
This was quite awhile ago, but when they were shown to be despots VOGUE was humiliated & denounced the piece. I’m sure they’ve scrubbed it from their archives.
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