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The SDF was reportedly receiving aid worth $300 million per year from the US (now cut to $200 million). This was in the context of the war against ISIS. By comparison, the Turkish military budget is $19 billion. Even if US allies like Saudi Arabia make up for the cut to direct US aid, the resources of the SDF will still be tiny compared to those of Turkey, which has the military aircraft, tanks, drones, etc. When Turkey invaded Afrin, the US did nothing to stop the invasion. The US was only interested in suppressing ISIS, not helping the SDF against Turkey. Last year Turkey invaded a strip of land in northeastern Syria. Currently the Turkish army is focusing on Idlib, but if the ceasefire there holds I expect a stepped up invasion of the northeast. Chris Slee ________________________________ From: Marxism <marxism-boun...@lists.csbs.utah.edu> on behalf of RKOB via Marxism <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> Sent: Sunday, 15 March 2020 9:47:37 PM To: Chris Slee <chris_w_s...@hotmail.com> Cc: RKOB <ak...@rkob.net> Subject: Re: [Marxism] Characteristic Supporters of the Kurdish YPG ******************** 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. ***************************************************************** So does this mean you deny the support of the dictatorships of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and UAE for the YPG? We have already demonstarted this support in other articles. This is simply undenyable! https://www.thecommunists.net/worldwide/africa-and-middle-east/shameful-alliance-of-saudi-monarchy-and-ypg-in-syria/ And if 200 or 300 millions US-Dollar from the Pentagon for the YPG/SDF every year (!) is insignificant, I wonder what is significant! And these are only the official figures from the U.S. army! https://www.thecommunists.net/worldwide/africa-and-middle-east/syria-how-much-does-the-pentagon-pay-for-the-ypg/ Am 14.03.2020 um 22:34 schrieb Chris Slee: > Michael Probsting quotes an article in Middle East Eye, which in turn > quotes an article in al-Araby al-Jadeed (the New Arab), which in turn > quotes "unnamed Egyptian sources" talking about "major military > assistance" to the SDF from Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. > > According to Wikipedia, al-Araby al-Jadeed is owned by Fadaat Media > Ltd, a Qatar-based company. Given Qatar's close links with Turkey, I > would expect a Qatar-based company to be supportive of Turkey, and > hence hostile to the SDF. > > Hence I don't regard this report as reliable. > > Whatever small amount of assistance the SDF has got from the US and > its allies is insignificant compared to the strength of the invading > Turkish army, which has both NATO-supplied and locally manufactured > weapons. > > Chris Slee > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Marxism <marxism-boun...@lists.csbs.utah.edu> on behalf of > RKOB via Marxism <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> > *Sent:* Saturday, 14 March 2020 11:42:02 PM > *To:* Chris Slee <chris_w_s...@hotmail.com> > *Cc:* RKOB <ak...@rkob.net> > *Subject:* [Marxism] Characteristic Supporters of the Kurdish YPG > ******************** 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. > ***************************************************************** > > Characteristic Supporters of the Kurdish YPG > > Arab dictatorships increase their support for the foot soldiers of U.S. > imperialism in Syria > > By Michael Pröbsting, 14 March 2020 > > https://www.thecommunists.net/worldwide/africa-and-middle-east/characteristic-supporters-of-the-kurdish-ypg/ > > -- > Revolutionär-Kommunistische Organisation BEFREIUNG > (Österreichische Sektion der RCIT, > www.thecommunists.net<http://www.thecommunists.net> > <http://www.thecommunists.net>) > www.rkob.net<http://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 -- 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 _________________________________________________________ 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
