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The best thing is to push the same publications to publish articles pointing out the obvious. On Tuesday, March 29, 2016, Louis Proyect via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** POSTING RULES & NOTES ******************** > #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. > #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. > ***************************************************************** > > Shupak: A 2012 Defense Intelligence Agency report notes that “the West, > Turkey and the Gulf” support the Syrian opposition, admits that the Syrian > war could result in the creation of a “Salafist principality” in eastern > Syria, and warns that “this is exactly what the supporting powers to the > opposition want, in order to isolate the Syrian regime.” > > --- > > In Shpak's article, "2012 Defense Intelligence Agency report" links to a > document that appears on JudicialWatch, a rightwing website that like many > others, including David Horowitz's, is pro-Assad. > > If you Google "JudicialWatch", "Defense Intelligence Agency" and > "imperialism", you will get over 46,000 hits. This document is virtually > the Magna Carta of the Baathist amen corner and has been referenced by > every other pro-Assad article that has appeared in Jacobin. > > What they all leave out is the final paragraph of the article that states: > > 1. THE DETERIORATION OF THE SITUATION HAS DIRE CONSEQUENCES ON THE IRAQI > SITUATION AND ARE AS FOLLOWS; > > -1. THIS CREATES THE IDEAL ATMOSPHERE FOR AQI [Al Qaeda in Iraq] TO RETURN > TO ITS OLD POCKETS TN MOSUL AND RAMADI, AND WILL PROVIDE A RENEWED MOMENTUM > UNDER THE PRESUMPTION OF UNIFYING THE JIHAD AMONG SUNNI IRAQ AND SYRIA, AND > THE REST OF THE SUNNIS IN THE ARAB WORLD AGAINST WHAT IT CONSIDERS ONE > ENEMY, THE DISSENTERS. ISI COULD ALSO DECLARE AN ISLAMIC STATE THROUGH ITS > UNION WITH OTHER TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS IN IRAQ AND SYRIA, WHICH WILL > CREATE GRAVE DANGER IN REGARDS TO UNIFYING IRAQ AND THE PROTECTION OF ITS > TERRITORY. > > --- > > So, comrades, we have a media studies professor stating that the USA and > its allies favored Salafists in Syria even though the same fucking document > refers to this development in terms of "dire consequences" and a "grave > danger". > > You really have to wonder about people like Bhaskar Sunkara and Jeff St. > Clair who have published material like this. I guess when you are running a > business like Jacobin or Counterpunch, it is important to cater to your > customer base even if it is dumber than a Donald Trump audience on this > question. > > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/amithrgupta%40gmail.com -- - Amith _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
