Comic Relief

June 2, 2015 – 11:10 am

With a hat-tip to Bill V., here’s an amusing clip from Egypt.

I have no idea whether the subtitles are accurate, other than in the few spots I’m able to pick out a word or two. (Any Arabic speakers among you, readers?)

Posted by Malcolm on at 11:10 am, filed under Tomfoolery. RSS feed for this post. Trackbacks are closed, but you can post a comment.

5 Comments

  1. Lesser Bull says

    So, uh, the retired general called on Americans to launch a coup there at the end. That was like nothing I’ve ever seen before.

    Posted June 2, 2015 at 2:30 pm | Permalink
  2. TheBigHenry says

    “Published on May 20, 2015
    For those that understand “Poe’s Law” no further disclaimer is required. For those that don’t………I suggest you look it up.”

    Posted June 2, 2015 at 3:27 pm | Permalink
  3. Epicaric says

    Arabic speaker. Sorry, no. But a pleasant diversion nonetheless, however fleeting.

    Posted June 4, 2015 at 4:23 pm | Permalink
  4. Malcolm says

    Epicaric, you are saying that you speak Arabic, and the subtitles are not accurate?

    Posted June 4, 2015 at 4:57 pm | Permalink
  5. Epicaric says

    Malcolm,
    I apologize for the delay in response. Not to betray my anonymity, but yes, I do speak Arabic, and no, the subtitles do not correspond to the dialogue in the news clip, taken from Egyptian television. Only a bit of humor.
    Having said that, there are many Arabs whose views may not differ too greatly from the constructed sentiment of this piece. Perhaps merely serendipitous, but the topic of the Egyptian news piece does concern issues relevant to US national security, I suppose, if the Islamic State’s adventures in Syria and Iraq, and the Libyan implosion can be considered relevant to our national security. Which I do not, beyond a strictly tangential nature.

    Posted June 7, 2015 at 2:26 am | Permalink

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