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Vijay,
I can't say I like the way you let Assad off the hook with regards to the
growth of ISIS in Syria. You say:
It will not direct its armies to the north. To do so would leave it
vulnerable to the rebels’ Southern Front, which continues to be egged on by
the West to seize Damascus. The U.S. trains Syrian rebels in the deserts of
eastern Jordan. Full Syrian participation against the IS will not happen if
the threat to Damascus remains intact.
You make it sound like Assad really would fight IS if only we wasn't under
so much pressure from his US trained (what's that 50 soldier a month?)
opposition. My understanding is that Assad didn't even bother to bomb ISIS
in Raqqa until after Obama started bombing them in Iraq. Surely he could
have spared a few jets from barrel bombing schools and hospitals in the
same region if he wasn't actually using ISIS. There is also the matter of
the jihadists he let out of prison knowing and even telling them to join
ISIS. Syria security officers found in the leadership of ISIS. Oil
purchased by Assad from ISIS. ISIS turning over SAA defectors to Assad.
Assad providing air support for ISIS in battles with the FSA and many more
indications of collusion between the two.
Overall, I'd say you cut Assad a lot of slack. Why am I not surprised?
Clay Claiborne, Director
Vietnam: American Holocaust http://VietnamAmericanHolocaust.com
Linux Beach Productions
Venice, CA 90291
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On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Prashad, Vijay via Marxism
marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu wrote:
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This morning's The Hindu carried my latest report from the Syria-Iraq
conflict. It is called the Pendulum of the Islamic State.
You can read it here:
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/the-pendulum-of-the-islamic-state/article6384028.ece
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This follows my previous monthly dispatches:
(August 11): The Metastasis of the Islamic State,
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/metastasis-of-the-islamic-state/article6301567.ece?ref=relatedNews
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(July 3): The Geopolitics of the Islamic State:
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-geopolitics-of-the-islamic-state/article6170651.ece?ref=relatedNews
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and backwards..
Warmly, Vijay.
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