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Comrades, I really can not see why all this is presented as such a complicated matter.
I think that those comrades, who argue that the PYD/YPG had to build an alliance with Trump resp. Putin and Assad in order to avoid a bad outcome for the Kurdish people, don’t think the logic of their argument to the end.
If this argument would be legitimate for the PYD/YPG, one should not criticize those Syrian FSA units who have joined the SNA under the de facto command of the Turkish army. They should also defend the TFSA/SNA’s decision to play the foot soldiers in the recent Turkish incursion.
The Kurdish people are under threat by the Turkish army. But the Syrian people have been under much more threat by the Assadist/Russian aggression since 2011. Half of them have been made refugees. A quarter of them had to flee abroad. They are in a far worse situation than the Kurdish people in Syria. So if the PYD/YPG mercenary policy would justified in order to avoid the Kurdish people being suppressed or expelled, the TFSA/SNA would be (at least) equally justified to serve as mercenaries for the Turkish army. One could say so since their role is to get some land (with the help of the Turkish army) which is out of control of Assad/Russia and where the millions of Syrian refugees could get resettled. One could say so even more since the current Turkish/SNA incursion takes place mostly in areas with an Arab majority population (which were occupied by the PYD/YPG before).
As comrades will be aware, I (and my comrades) have consistently argued since years that the policy of both – the PYD/YPG as well as the TFSA/SNA – is terrible wrong. But I think it is really strange that the supporters of the PYD/YPG apply such a double standard! This is not justified from an internationalist and socialist point of view. It is only understandable from a narrow (pro-Kurdish) nationalist point of view.
Am 25.10.2019 um 21:26 schrieb Chris Slee via Marxism:
******************** 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. ***************************************************************** Syria Call seems to be a supporter of the Turkish invasion of northeastern Syria, so I would not consider them a reliable source of information. Chris Slee ________________________________ From: Marxism <marxism-boun...@lists.csbs.utah.edu> on behalf of John Reimann via Marxism <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> Sent: Saturday, 26 October 2019 2:51:26 AM To: Chris Slee <chris_w_s...@hotmail.com> Subject: [Marxism] YPG & Assad: beyond "necessity" ******************** 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. ***************************************************************** Some have argued that the YPG turned to Assad out of pure necessity. Under the guns of Turkey's attack, what choice do they have, it is asked. It's difficult to dismiss that argument. However, this article, if accurate, shows that the collaboration goes far beyond that. According to this report, the YPG is collaborating with Assad's forces in arresting protesters. And we have to keep in mind that being arrested by Assad's forces most likely means torture and very possibly death. Sorry, there is absolutely no justification for this betrayal. https://nedaa-sy.com/en/news/16506?fbclid=IwAR30IcXc3chfmG5Y3ImDn54PkbaNVSWE9d9kIpmnOsmwBJPVGJN2GJihmWU John Reimann -- *“In politics, abstract terms conceal treachery.” *from "The Black Jacobins" by C. L. R. James Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/chris_w_slee%40hotmail.com _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/aktiv%40rkob.net
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