Should read ISIS, not ISAS. Begin forwarded message:
> From: Marv Gandall <[email protected]> > Date: March 26, 2014 at 12:34:02 PM EDT > To: Progressive Economics <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Anotol Lieven on the Ukraine | Louis Proyect: The > Unrepentant Marxist > >> On Mar 26, 2014, at 11:53 AM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: >> Obama is not Stalin or Hitler. But once the chief executive determines a >> course >> of action, he follows through. People like William Cockshott, Robert >> Fisk, John Rees et al were convinced during the "red line" rhetoric that >> a new Iraq war was in the offing. They were dead wrong. They were not >> able to figure out that Obama had no such intentions. Maybe one day he >> will change his mind and send a 100,000 soldiers into Syria to overthrow >> the Baathists and install a government made up of politicians whose >> "moderate" leadership was capable of saying things like this but I >> rather doubt it. >> >> http://humanrightsinvestigations.org/2012/11/12/ahmed-mouaz-al-khatib-president-of-the-syrian-national-coalition-of-forces-of-the-syrian-revolution-and-opposition/ > > Louis, I agree with your view that the Obama administration is reluctant to > provide other than token assistance to the Syrian insurgents because of the > US' larger strategic interests, but I really think you should stop citing > Mouaz-al-Khatib as representative of the opposition, either in an official > capacity or politically. He resigned his position as head of the national > coalition more than a year ago because of unspecified political differences > with other opposition leaders. > > It is misleading to keep citing his remarks to suggest they reflect the > dominant view in what is an extremely heterogenous coalition of > anti-government forces in Syria. There are many competing political > tendencies within it, and my impression is that no single group is hegemonic, > neither the Nusra Front, ISAS, the FSA, or any of the other lesser ones.
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