US strike raises Syrian humor and political analysis

When jokes and sarcasms become the only way to survive, you must be in Syria. Syrians deserve to enter Guinness record as the first population to get ready for war by jokes.

The ironic issue is that Syrians found the anticipated US strike to Syria, the hottest subject on international newspapers, a rich source for joke and sarcasms.

 Nizar, media activist said that Syrians were in a real desperate situation as they are between two hard choices, either to die by US strike or by regime shelling. He summarised the situation in a short well known phrase “forward war, backward Assad”.

Nizar added that Syrians found of Obama decisions and British Parliament consultations a rich source for fun and jokes, moreover, Syrians started to write books about “How to survive chemical attack in 5 days, other mentioned writing memories about before and after the  chemical attack.

“In summary, Syrians divided their lives into before and after the chemical attack,” Nisar ended. 

Hassan, activist, said that he preferred short term strong pain rather than long term pain, and added that most people accept the US strike if it would removed Assad regime. 

The activist expected that if a war happened, no one would leave his area, as all places are under the same danger.

On the other hand, Abo Mohamed, a textile trader in famous Hamidiyeh Street did not change his normal life and kept opening his shop as usual despite profit is too little. He added that even if the war started, people would not change their usual life, as war became part of their daily details.

“In general, Syrian people do not care about the upcoming strike, that has been a world’s  hottest subject for a week, and they expect it to have small adverse effects on their lives,  as they have been living in the worst circumstances and get used to it,” Yamen, an employee commented.

Manar, an activist said that the alleged US strike has changed people's mode and brought new hopes to change the regime soon, it brought new themes to political analysts and news channels, she said.

Syrians with different ages have been speaking in politics since the start of Arabic spring, they argue, disagree, fight, and then reconcile.

Reporting by Lama Shammas; Editing by Yusra Ahmed