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Ok, I didn't check Links as well as GL, fair enough Tony has used the term "bandits and warlords". Not to characterize the FSA as a whole as you first claimed, but as the trajectory "often" followed by commanders. I think this must be true in some cases such as the different FSA units who handed Theo Padnos over to Nusra in 2012 and again later when he initially escaped (I happened to read his account recently) but no I can't say how common this is. On Thursday, January 12, 2017, Louis Proyect <l...@panix.com> wrote: > On 1/11/17 7:43 PM, Nick Fredman wrote: > >> Since GL site specific searches for "Tony Iltis" and "Syria" with either >> "warlord" or "bandit" reveal that Tony has used these terms in relation >> to Libya and Afghanistan but not Syria, I assumed you were exaggerating >> for dramtic effect, rather than have a real if baseless complaint. My bad. >> > > > You didn't look hard enough: > > Diplomatically, the West supported the Syrian National Council, a > government-in-exile with no influence inside the country. Officially the > military forces of the SNC are the Free Syrian Army (FSA), formed by > military officers defecting from Assad and local militias. However, in > reality the FSA was never more than an uncoordinated network of independent > brigades whose commanders often became little more than bandits and > warlords. > > http://links.org.au/node/4018 > > I guess you didn't understand that I have been through this bullshit with > Tony and it left a deep scar. > > -- > Support Louis Proyect biography project > https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/publish-the-biography-of- > socialist-louis-proyect#/ > _________________________________________________________ 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
