We profile the profiles of Syrian first lady Asma-al-Assad, one of which was a very embarrassing piece from Vogue that was published mere days before the crackdown—and was quickly scrubbed from the web. Except not really. Here’s a fun line from that profile, as posted on a random fan site of Bashar al-Assad.

Syria is known as the safest country in the Middle East, possibly because, as the State Department’s Web site says, “the Syrian government conducts intense physical and electronic surveillance of both Syrian citizens and foreign visitors.”

See! Syria’s totally safe you guys because, due to all the monitoring of its citizens, the government knows when danger lurks! Thanks, Skynet.

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   Tim McInnerny has really gone places since Black Adder

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   man i bet all the syrians are like OMG I FEEL SO MUCH BETTER NAO THX ASSAD

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   He just looks like a loser

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    Peace for Syria

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    Malaysia is a fucking minefield then, our immigration security and police are all like donuts with the nuts.

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    Come on, Vogue. (I mean that as an expression of exasperation. Not a Madonna reference.)

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    And Bashar-al-Assad’s wife totally wears YSL and loves vintage! Hence, Syria’s totally cool!

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