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Erdogan may well have influenced Trump, but he was not acting as a "messenger" for Putin. Erdogan has always been hostile to Rojava and the Democratic Federation of Northern Syria. He has always complained about US support for the Syrian Democratic Forces. Trump is returning to the longstanding US policy of full support for the Turkish state against the Kurdish left. There was a partial departure from this policy when the US began supporting the YPG against ISIS in 2014. But it was only partial. During this period the US and its allies continued to support Turkey against the PKK. They continued to ban the PKK as a "terrorist organisation". Chris Slee ________________________________ From: Marxism <marxism-boun...@lists.csbs.utah.edu> on behalf of John Reimann via Marxism <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> Sent: Friday, 21 December 2018 9:35:52 AM To: Chris Slee Subject: [Marxism] [UCE] What lies behind Trump's troop withdrawal from Syria and what it means ******************** 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. ***************************************************************** The main reason for his withdrawal is that he got his marching orders from his paymaster, Putin. As I had predicted last night on Facebook, these orders apparently came through Erdogan, with whom he'd been on the phone just a couple of days earlier. This decision not only means a new stage in Syria, it threatens to force an all-out war by the mainstream of the US capitalist class against Trump, who has shown once again that he is Putin's agent. Even his closest foreign policy advisors - Bolton and Pompeo - are adamantly against this withdrawal. Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi is hinting at raising Trump's links with and dependence on the Russian oligarchy. For international working class solidarity instead of relying on ANY capitalist/imperialist force be it the US, Russia, or any other! Read full article here: https://oaklandsocialist.com/2018/12/20/trump-withdraws-troops-from-syria-what-does-it-mean/ -- *“In politics, abstract terms conceal treachery.” *from "The Black Jacobins" by C. L. R. James Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/chris_w_slee%40hotmail.com _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
