Don't really understand what is going on in the Western left-liberal debates around Syria. The entire framing seems trapped by a very crude obsession with Obama's slogan - 'Assad Must Go' - and then is mirrored by the equally absurd reply - 'Assad Must Not Go'. #Syria. 2) But the issue is not really Assad. It is the complexity of Syria's history, of the long history of colonialism and the short history of nationalism, the suffocation of one-party states. For wider context, an old piece I wrote, alternet.org/world/dont-par…. #Syria.

So, I went to #Wakanda. At first glance, it was an impressive place even thought I am allergic to monarchies, all monarchies.