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Northeastern Syria is isolated and under threat from both Turkey (which has already invaded Afrin) and the Assad regime. In this situation they take aid from whoever will offer it. I believe that Saudi Arabia gives a small amount of humanitarian aid. The Saudi regime's motives probably include its rivalry with Iran and Turkey for influence in the Middle East. (The article mentions "the possibility of conflict with Iranian militias") There is an obvious tension between the goal of building a democratic society in northeastern Syria and the need to receive aid from an undemocratic regime such as Saudi Arabia, as well as from US imperialism. Trotsky said it is impossible to build socialism im one country. Even less so is it possible to build socialism in part of a country, such as northeastern Syria. The only solution is the spread of the revolution to the rest of Syria and/or to Turkey. Chris Slee ________________________________ From: Marxism <marxism-boun...@lists.csbs.utah.edu> on behalf of RKOB via Marxism <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> Sent: Tuesday, 2 July 2019 9:59:34 PM To: Chris Slee Subject: [Marxism] Saudi Support for "left-wing" YPG/SDF ******************** 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 so-called progressive YPG/SDF continues to receive full support by the Saudi monarchy. According to a new report "Thamer al-Sabhan, Saudi minister of state for Middle East affairs, visited Deir ez-Zor, where he met with Kurdish leaders, US Deputy Secretary of State Joel Rayburn, US Ambassador William Roebuck and a number of Arab sheikhs and dignitaries. During his visit, Sabhan called on Arab tribes to join forces with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) ..." https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/06/syria-deir-ez-zor-saudi-arabia-kurds-arab-tribes.html -- Revolutionär-Kommunistische Organisation BEFREIUNG (Österreichische Sektion der RCIT, www.thecommunists.net<http://www.thecommunists.net>) www.rkob.net<http://www.rkob.net> ak...@rkob.net Tel./SMS/WhatsApp/Telegram: +43-650-4068314 --- Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprüft. https://www.avast.com/antivirus _________________________________________________________ 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
