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How long did the Syria conflict carry on before the western ‘left’ began to formulate a stance? Months. The conflict was just too involved, and initially removed from western engrossment that only few knew what to think. Only when western governments began pondering war, urged on by their regional allies, did the left began to formulate a position around the same old discourse. While the West and their allies had their own sinister reasons to get involved in Syria, the war in Syria, as the war in Libya before it, was not as simple as picking and choosing the good guys versus the bad guys. While vehemently rejecting western military crusades that have wreaked havoc is an admirable act, TURNING LOCAL DICTATORS INTO MODERN-DAY CHE GUEVARAS REFLECTS RECKLESSNESS, NOT CAMARADERIE.
full: http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/06/26/the-western-left-and-its-sterile-field-of-ideas/
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