[blind-democracy] FW: Russia enters Syria war, exposing hypocrisy and contradictions of U.S. policy
- From: "Bob Hachey" <bhachey@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <blind-democracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2015 08:51:19 -0400
Hi all,
Here is a truly fascinating post that should give all Americans pause. Seems we
Americans keep making the same stupid mistakes over and over again.
While I’ll admit that I don’t trust putin as far as I can throw him. I strongly
agree wiht this article and thus must support Russian action in Syria. I am
also no fan of Assad, but it seems we could lose much more than we could gain
by trying to stupidly seek yet more regime change in the Middle East.
Bob Hachey
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Subject: Russia enters Syria war, exposing hypocrisy and contradictions of U.S.
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By Brian Becker, ANSWER Coalition National Coordinator
Russia's direct military intervention into Syria has dramatically changed the
dynamics of a war that has raged since 2011. The fighting during the last four
years has torn this historic Arab country to shreds, made millions of Syrians
into refugees, and left more than 200,000 people dead.
The stage has been set for a possible major military counteroffensive against
arch-reactionary Islamic military organizations who have been gaining more and
more territory.
After four years of fighting against these groups, the Syrian army has been
forced into an ever-smaller portion of western Syria. The Russian intervention
is meant to bolster their effort, to stop the retreat before the armies of the
so-called Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL), Al-Qaeda and others, in preparation for
a military counteroffensive.
The main force preventing Syria from being completely overrun by ISIS and
Al-Qaeda has been the Syrian Arab Army, the national army of the country.
Between 50,000 and 85,000 Syrian soldiers have been killed in this fight
already. Syrian Kurdish forces, under the leadership of the People’s Protection
Units (YPG), have also been heroically battling against ISIS. The YPG had
earlier fought against the Syrian army in an effort to create a Kurdish-ruled
autonomous area in the northern part of Syria.
Now the Russian military has directly entered the battle on the side of the
Syrian national army. Russia may directly give assistance to the Kurdish
fighters as well. Russia's intervention was formally requested by the sovereign
Syrian government led by Bashar Al-Assad and thus conforms to international law.
The stated position of the Russian government is that a long-term solution to
the Syrian crisis is through political change, based on dialogue between the
Baathist government and some of the opposition, but not ISIS or Al Qaeda, and
the retention and defense of Syria's core state institutions.
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