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It is incorrect to say that "not a single shot [was] fired" in the July 2012 Rojava uprising. There was some small-scale armed conflict in Derik and Afrin. But it is true that opposition to the uprising was limited. This was because the Assadist army was fully occupied with the rebellion elsewhere in Syria. Its troop strength in Rojava had been reduced. Presumably the soldiers had no desire to die for Assad. Hence they surrendered. Regarding the events in the rest of the country, I said in my article that there was a "popular uprising against the brutal dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad". However Turkey and the Gulf states armed and funded reactionary rebel groups. This had the effect of, over time, changing the nature of the rebellion. Chris Slee ________________________________ From: Marxism <marxism-boun...@lists.csbs.utah.edu> on behalf of RKOB via Marxism <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> Sent: Friday, 14 September 2018 4:51 PM To: Chris Slee Subject: Re: [Marxism] Syria: Assad threatens Idlib while Afrin resists Turkish occupation (Green Left Weekly) ******************** 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. ***************************************************************** Let us leave aside our ideological differences for a moment and focus on simple facts. How do you explain that the regime fights with all its brutal might against the uprising people in Damascus, Aleppo, Idlib, Raqqa etc. and kills tens of thousands (or more) in 2011-12. But when there is an uprising in "Rojava", not a single shot is fired and the Assadist military just withdraws! You can not seriously claim that Assad had become a pacifist! So how can you call the events in "Rojava" a "revolution" and support it but the events in the rest of country not?! _________________________________________________________ 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
