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http://www.ft-ci.org/article.php3?id_article=6400 Down with the Assad dictatorship Israel and imperialism, out of Syria by : Claudia Cinatti Saturday 11 May 2013 In less than 48 hours, the State of Israel launched two rounds of aerial bombardments against military targets on the outskirts of Damascus, allegedly to prevent a quantity of more sophisticated missiles, of Iranian manufacture, from reaching Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite militia that defeated Israel in the last Lebanon war, in 2006. Although Israel had already bombed Syrian territory in January of this year, the scope of these bombardments was much greater, just like their repercussions. Although Netanyahu’s government did not openly take responsibility for this real act of war, US President Barack Obama quickly vindicated the State of Israel’s right to defend itself, given its proximity to Syria and Lebanon, and he implied that the United States approved of this “preventive attack” against Syria. The opposition to the Assad regime was divided, in view of the attacks. While the Military Council of Damascus called for taking advantage of the Israeli strike, others used them to charge that Assad’s regime was strong in internal repression, but powerless in front of the Zionist attack. The response of the pro-imperialist opposition, that has been asking for US military intervention, was utilized by Assad to try to justify his repressive policy, by using the theory that it is not a matter of a legitimate popular democratic uprising, but a Western conspiracy to overthrow him and weaken the resistance against the Zionist state. Given the historical importance that the Ba’ath Party regime has had, for supporting the stability and security of the State of Israel, despite being technically at war with the Zionist state, which keeps the Golan Heights occupied, the regional extension of the Syrian civil war to neighboring countries like Lebanon threatens to create a regional conflict of maximum significance; in the context resulting from the failure of the United States in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and from the changes that occurred with the Arab Spring, the regional order, that serves the interests of imperialism, is in question... Read full article: http://www.ft-ci.org/article.php3?id_article=6400 ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@greenhouse.economics.utah.edu Set your options at: http://greenhouse.economics.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
