Syria: Good News-Bad News Joke

Good News - Bad News!

There is one reason why people in the Middle East often do not understand western-style humor... or prefer to conduct negotiations with the West in their native tongues... or should not take Americans' words at face value. At least not without a clearly spelled and officially recognized written document...


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During one of the future peace talks between the U.S. and Syria, Barack Obama comes up to Bashar Al-Assad and tells him:
- My friend, while addressing you as a leader of an independent free Syrian nation, let me start in a traditional American informal way - with a joke. I have a good noose and a bad noose for you. Tell me please, which one would you prefer to be given? To begin with...

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