Talk:Hafez al-Assad
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[edit] name
It should be mentioned in the article that "al-Assad" means "The Lion" in Arabic, and whether this was the name he was born with (and if not, what was it). I was under the impression that he was born under a different name, and chose the descriptive "al-Assad" as his nomme-du-guerre (like Stalin chose his name meaning "man of steel"). But strangely, most sources I could find online that mention Assad being born under a different name, are articles with an overt Israeli bias; The name these sites mention is "al-Wahsh" (or al-Wahesh or al-Wahash), meaning "the beast". A perhaps less biased source that confirms this name is Asabbagh 01:13, 19 February 2007 (UTC)this. So, was "al-Wahsh" really the name he was born with? Or is this a bizarre urban legend used to slander him (because the name al-Wahsh supposedly carries negative connotations)? user:nyh
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- Reply: Hafiz al-Assad was born with the surname al-Assad, but it is true that al-Wahsh was his family name. His father changed his surname from al-Wahsh to al-Assad before Hafiz was born, so al-Assad is not a nom de guerre - it was the one he was born with.
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- The current article states that he was born al-Wahsh and changed his name to al-Assad "later in life". This contradicts this last comment. Can anyone point to a source? Nyh 21:08, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
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- He was born with the last name al-Assad. Asabbagh 01:13, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
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[edit] rant
I cannot understand how this rant about life Syria can possibly be related to Hafez Assad?
Ever since Hafez's son, Bashar took power, Syria has been on fast track to pure, unadulterated, capitalistic prosperity. But it remains a rough place to live. Many of Syria's harder workers get jobs in Lebanon, where the wages are much better. The Lebanese Libra may be weak, but there is a whole lot more money in Lebanon to be able to afford Syrian work. But compared to Lebanese workers, they get paid next to nothing. Basically, these workers go around in 2 level buses packed to the brim doing contracting jobs, and getting very little amounts of money for what they do. When Lebanese employers are questioned about the ethics of their workers' wages, they most often respond with this phrase; "Who cares, they're Syrian?" This is mostly due to the economic strife caused by Hafez's poor decisions. Poor guys. running around in green gimp suits all day, working hard (Most of the time). When you see pictures of Syria, you can tell that something awful happened to that wretched place. Unless if you look at the beautiful town of Slenfah, and a few other towns in or near the valley. They hardly felt the aftershock of the Assads and the Alawites coups in the first place. But the people are now being kept a bit happy with 16k internet and way more Counter-Strike players per capita than could possibly be healthy.
I think this part should be removed. --Magabund 10:02, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Um, Photo?
He's a very influential man in the world, even though he's dead. Surely he's more deserving of a photo than Courtney Love, no?68.161.23.129 09:21, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
Find one that is appropriate and fair use.- Moshe Constantine Hassan Al-Silverburg | Talk 09:37, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] when was he born ?
when was he born ?
birth year and year of death should stay at the top of the text
[edit] I'm sensing bias
with sentences such as the following that offer no citations, I'm ruling this article as biased
A shrewd power player, al-Assad would use diplomacy, terrorism and tank armadas to the same effect: invariably, he strived to build a strong Syria under his own one-man rule.
He was loved by many of is [sic] people but loathed by many too
-- Witchinghour 18:27, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Baseless Nonesense
His strongly authoritarian regime, under the leadership of the Baath Party dominated all aspects of Syrian political life.
Please spare us of these fairy tales. The Communist Party has been active in Syria since the 1970s and is by no means under the control of the Baathists.
[edit] can somebody please add this image
http://www.thedictatorship.com/ go to that website and look a little and you will find a picture of Hafez and not the one that is already showed —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 65.164.198.153 (talk) 23:24, 8 January 2007 (UTC).
- No need anymore, the image is now good. Asabbagh 01:13, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
