Andrew Sullivan flags a propaganda video made by the Assad regime that uses Darth Vader’s theme as background music.
That would actually be a compliment to Assad; at least Darth was competent and cool-looking. The movie joke I have heard over and over about Bashar Assad in the Middle East is both more accurate and more painful:
“Syria is living the plot of The Godfather. Except in this version, after Don Corleone died, Fredo took over”.
[Cross-posted at The Reality-Based Community]
