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Look, your reference to Lister’s and other work completely misses the point.
What Lister, an adviser to the U.S. Senate, shows is that Turkey (and
various FSA factions) have put enormous pressure on the petty-bourgeois
Islamist HTS and threaten them. He shows that the Astana process (with
the agreement of the Erdoğan regime) threatens the HTS with
annihilation. As a result, there are divisions inside the HTS emerging
between those (like Jolani) who want to avoid a confrontation with the
Turkish army as long as possible and those who take a more radical stand.
We have dealt with these divisions inside the HTS more in detail in our
latest book (go to the sub-chapter “/The Syrian Revolution: In danger of
annihilation/” which is part of chapter V “/Middle East and North
Africa: Reactionary Offensive, Wars and Popular Uprisings/”;
https://www.thecommunists.net/theory/world-perspectives-2018/).
As we said there it is quite possible that the opportunist forces inside
the HTS might capitulate to the Turkish army.
But you really can not compare all this with the YPG. The YPG leadership
has not discussed in the past years if they should avoid a confrontation
with U.S. imperialism or not. They have decided to act as Washington’s
foot soldiers! Can't you see the difference?!
Just compare it:
The YPG has waged for years the battles of U.S. imperialism to control
Eastern Syria. They fought side on side with the U.S. soldiers. The HTS
(until now) has not waged a single battle for the Turkish army. They are
not fighting side on side with the Turkish soldiers (contrary to stupid
claims of the SDF Quisling you quoted in the first post).
The YPG received for its battles in Eastern Syria the unlimited support
of the US air force, artillery etc. The HTS (until now) has not received
any support of the Turkish air force, artillery etc.
The YPG has officially a joint command with the U.S. army. The HTS has
(until now) not such a joint command with the Turkish army.
But irrespective of all this, comrade, the Green Left Weekly praised and
supported the YPG in all those years. Such a “Marxism” is the worst
caricature possible!
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