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Very interesting. Just started skimming other articles on the site, looks promising. Who is the author? On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 7:41 PM, Louis Proyect via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ====================================================================== > Rule #1: YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. > ====================================================================== > > > Syria under Assad thus perhaps resembled more closely Egypt under Sadat; a > possible shift from ‘resistance’ in exchange for land, neo-liberal reforms > of the economy (even before a formal shift to the Western sphere of > influence), and eventual breaking with Russian loyalty to American > stewardship in the offing (Assad’s regime had collaborated with the CIA > during the early 2000s in the rendition and torture of prisoners). > Ironically both regimes had also come under the auspices and hopes of a > ‘corrective revolution’. The West had however been unable to accomplish the > shift with Assad (which required the Golan’s return from Israel, a very > difficult task) in time when the revolution broke out (which necessitated > Assad’s firm interruption of any process of possible reconciliation with > Israel to enable his re-emergence as a ‘resistance’ leader), leaving them > returning to their prior (rhetorical) hostility. The US was essentially > caught in two minds; on one hand wanting to overthrow a ‘tyrannical’ regime > to strike a decisive blow to Iranian power in the region (and to Israel’s > threat Hezbollah),eliminate the final Russian base in the Middle East, and > finally to establish a loyal ally along Israel’s borders, with the added > ‘sweeteners’ of being able to re-establish its global credentials as a > ‘freedom supporting’ power (which had taken a big hit in recent years) and > repairing its standing in the Muslim World. > > full: http://eternispring.wordpress.com/2014/08/05/understanding- > the-wests-position-on-syria/ > ________________________________________________ > Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu > Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/ > options/marxism/acpollack2%40gmail.com > ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
