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/New from Linux Beach:/ Obama and Israel Love Assad <http://claysbeach.blogspot.com/2015/01/obama-and-israel-love-assad.html> > The terror industry is now working hard to create the perception that > any European or American that goes to Syria to fight against the > fascist regime should automatically be considered an Islamic terrorist > and locked up immediately. This is yet another boon to the Assad > government from the NATO powers. While its true that due to the almost > complete abandonment of the Syrian people's struggle by the Left, > those young people worldwide moved by the suffering of Syria are > likely to fall under the influence of extreme rightwing jihadist > groups, it is not true that most who have travelled to Syria to take > up the fight against the Assad regime pose a danger to civil society > in Europe or America. The NATO powers are more and more coming out of > the closet with their support for Assad and this is one more way of > accepting his proposition that the only thing we have in Syria are the > terrorists he's been funding and his fight against then. From the Wall > St. Journal we have > <http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2015/01/15/why-the-u-s-prefers-assad-to-isis-in-syria/>: > >> Why the U.S. Prefers Assad to ISIS in Syria >> >> >> By Aaron David Miller >> 15 Jan 2015 >> The news that the Obama administration supports Russian efforts to >> convene negotiations between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s >> government and opposition forces is a stunning reminder of where U.S. >> policy on Syria has devolved. As happened with the Russian chemical >> weapons proposal of 2012, Vladimir Putin is once again rescuing U.S. >> Syria policy from itself. The Moscow talks are not likely to succeed. >> But the announcement reflects a growing view in Washington that Mr. >> Assad, while a huge part of the problem, may also now be part of the >> solution. Washington will not abandon President Barack Obama’s “Assad >> must go” trope. But the administration clearly is moving to accept >> that Mr. Assad isn’t going anywhere. And here’s why. *More..* <http://claysbeach.blogspot.com/2015/01/obama-and-israel-love-assad.html> _________________________________________________________ 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