Cafe attacked
KUWAIT: In response the Israeli attack on
Qana, which killed nearly 60 Lebanese civilians, a number of Rumaithiya
residents assaulted a local Starbucks, asking for the coffee shop to be shut
down. Hawally police arrived on scene and managed to disburse the crowd with
minimal incident. Security forces will increase their presence in areas with
large populations of foreigners.
A. If any cafe deserves to be attacked or shut down for serving a poor excuse for coffee, it would have to be the "McDonalds" of coffee. (A pet gripe of mine, though I did manage to get my local baristas to understand that a latte by definition starts with a double espresso, and is not supposed to be some insipid hot milk with added coffee flavour. And, fresh coffee means beans roasted within 2 weeks, not roasted 6 months ago and freighted to Kuwait.... I digress).
B. I thought that only local citizens frequent Starbucks anyway! Does Rumaithiya Starbucks have a totally different clientale than other Starbucks outlets?
And as for the Lebanon war, don't get me started on the media bias here. Sadly, my sympathy for the Lebanese plight is being overshadowed by the ridiculous behaviour of locals and the local media in providing moral support for Hezbollah, an organisation committed to acts of terrorism, and who least we forget, provoked Israel into launching this war! Of course, Arab leaders are not going to take any serious action against Israel and quietly live in hope that Hezbollah's power is severely curtailed. But when it comes to war, it is always the innocents on both sides, and the truth, that suffer.
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