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On the SW contact form page I asked them to reword the first sentence to something like this: "The people of Yarmouk are being attacked from two sides, by Assad, and by IS - the latter two, as has been the case all along, carefully avoiding attacking each other. "Meanwhile al-Nusra is siding with IS." http://socialistworker.co.uk/art/40306/No+freedom+in+Yarmouk On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 4:18 PM, John Passant via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** 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. > ***************************************************************** > > Thanks Bashar. > > > On 14/04/2015 5:27 AM, Clay Claiborne wrote: > >> Dear John, >> >> I do have such a busy schedule shoring up my dictatorship, but I knew i >> just had to find time to drop you a short note and thank you for this line: >> >> But the responsibility for the growth of Isis lies with the West. >> >> True, I ran the rat-line is Syria for these thugs when they were killing >> Americans in Iraq. True I let them all out of prison and gave them money >> when the revolution started in 2011. True, I've given them safe haven in >> Raqqa so they could build their strength. True, I bought their oil. And >> True, I stood down the siege of Yarmouk to let them in. But I certainly >> don't want people knowing I did any of these things. So again, I can't >> thank you enough for this one-line summary of ISIS history: >> >> But the responsibility for the growth of Isis lies with the West. >> >> John Kerry called me his "dear friend," I would be proud if you would do >> the same. >> >> Warmly, >> >> Bashar >> >> > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/ > options/marxism/acpollack2%40gmail.com > _________________________________________________________ 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
