Iyad’s thread is aimed at the likes of Max Blumenthal and George Galloway who present themselves as leftists but spend their time cheer-leading for Assad, Iran and Putin, and who have adopted in whole the discourse of the War on Terror but have instead directed it against America and its perceived allies in the region, including all those who took up arms against Assad. It’s not the whole left or even the majority, but they tend to be obnoxious, loud, and extremely active and so naturally attract the ire of Arab liberals like Iyad.