Syrians oppose US but love KFC

[shugah]

Syrians oppose US but love KFC

Jan 23, 2006 — By Rasha Elass

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The U.S. flag serves as a doormat to an office and nearby merchants announce "we boycott American goods," but some Syrians can't seem to keep away from American fast food at the new KFC fried chicken restaurant.

"I oppose American politics totally, but what does food have to do with it? Politics is one thing, and food is something totally different," Tareq Mashnouk, a 26-year-old fashion designer, told Reuters.

KFC opened its first outlet in Damascus this month, becoming Syria's first fully licensed American food franchise. It belongs to Kuwait Food Co. (Americana), which owns and operates KFC and other American food chains like Pizza Hut and TGI Fridays throughout the Middle East.

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"To be honest we were surprised they opened this American restaurant in the midst of our political situation," said Tareq Farzat, 25, adding that he liked his Chicken Burger Combo and would definitely return to KFC with his friend Kalam.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=1531858

[DanCa]

1. Last time I ate at KFC there was a hair in my mashed potatoes....

That's all I have to contribute to this thread. Sorry.

[BlueJazz]

3. Oh Yeah? The last time I ate at a KFC there was a Hare in my food.

:)

[DanCa]

4. It doesn't taste like chicken anymore does it :D

More like a greasy piece of crow.

[BlueEyedSon]

2. People just don't get it. Syrians AND Americans. Economics IS politics.

[acmejack]

5. KFC was the most popular US fast food outlet overseas

When I was abroad. It was ubiquitous.

[Debau2005]

6. In Lima Peru

they seem to be on every street corner. We were looking for good Peruvian fare and found KFC!

[On the Road]

17. In Beijing, There's a Block with Two KFCs

on different sides. And also a Korean place that looks like a KFC imitation.

[leveymg]

7. World peace comes with each bucket of 15 pieces

It's those 11 herbs and spices. Brought to you by "Friendship Industries"


http://www.friendship-industries.com/FI-Web/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=149

[trotsky]

10. I think you're on to something.

Americans, Arabs, and Israelis all need to sit down at a giant buffet of KFC grub. Ain't no food coma like a KFC food coma.

We'd have peace in the middle east in no time. As long as there's enough drumsticks to go around.

[leveymg]

11. Yuck, yuck. Pass the slaw and we'll abandon the West Bank.

Have a biscuit.

[Posteritatis]

22. But what if the two-bite brownie count isn't divisible by three?

Armageddon! Calamity! Dogs and cats, living together!

[Deja Q]

13. Didn't Kentucky Fried Chicken ditch the slaveowner ~25 years ago?

And make it "KFC" to improve its Southern-pride image?

:rofl:

[QC]

23. What slaveowner?

Harlan Sanders died in 1980. He wasn't around for slavery.

[Zodiak]

25. Ohhh the Colonel!!!

There he is,....the Colonel....with his wee bitty eyes and his smug smile saying "oh buy my chicken, sucker". Everyone knows he puts a secret addictive chemical in it that makes you crave his chicken fortnightly.

Everyone knows he is a member of the Pentaverate. Along with the Pope, the Queen, The Rothschilds, and the Rockefellers.

Eat hearty, me mateys!

[wordpix2]

8. you gotta wonder what they put in the breading-lots of salt for one thing

[julianer]

9. I used to live within a bone's throw of a KFC n/t

[Deja Q]

12. Tareq is a Twonk.

If he can't fathom how corporations influence politicians, let him eat a solid diet of KFC wings - supersized.

(last I recall, KFC donated 87% of its political kitty to the Republicans.)

[leveymg]

14. It's part of PepsiCo.

First US company to operate openly within the USSR. Along with Coca-Cola, its global operations provided cover for the CIA for decades.

[enigma000]

15. doesn't mean anything

Lots of people listen to Coldplay, drink Coke, wear Levis and a baseball cap and would still like to see a dozen American cities reduced to radioactive craters.

[madrchsod]

16. syria and the usa had only small "problems"

before bush invaded iraq and since then it`s gone really bad. for years the syrians and cia worked together in gathering information on the muslim brotherhood and other nasty boys in the region now that cooperation must be on hold

[leveymg]

18. It's rather more complicated than that.

There have been conflicting back-channels going to Assad, the Brotherhood, Hezb'Allah, and the Palestinians in Lebanon. Efforts to cut-off funding from the US to each have been very much an on-again-off-again affair, as have relations with Damascus and its intelligence services. By no means were we all buddies during the Clinton years.

[Canuckistanian]

19. Shouldn't that be "TAI Fridays"? n/t

[SlavesandBulldozers]

21. i got it anyway.

and yes, it wss funny.

[Javaman]

20. How long till the Syrians suffer from Obesity? n/t

[arbusto_baboso]

24. What next? Ambassador Sanders?