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Russia and the US certainly have been in alliance in Syria for a long
time already. At least from my observations, I have considered the
discourse of "US-Russian rivalry" ("inter-imperialist" or otherwise) to
have been misplaced all along (in Syria: it may be the case elsewhere in
the world). At very least since September 2013, if not before. Certainly
since long before the US-approved (with "reservations" of course)
Russian invasion of Syria. And Kerry admitted months ago that US and
Russian interests in Syria are "fundamentally similar," the political
line they both push is largely the same, with shades of grey in between
of course.
The article itself is useful, but its insistence that the US "has been
reluctant" to be on the side of the Assad regime even against ISIS is
essentially a question of presentation rather than substance. Just in
case anyone was in doubt, the US and Assad, for the umpteenth time, have
once again launched concurrent (by coincidence?) strikes against Raqqa -
as usual, a civilain-slaughter fest. According to the well-respected
'Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently' group:
Another massacre in Raqqa 20 civilians killed by US led Coalition and
Assad regime airstrikes:
The US & Assad's airforces targeted 1-Stadium 2-Tawled Hospital 3-Shops
in Fardous area 4-a building in Fardous Neighborhood 5-School of Arts
#Raqqa
https://twitter.com/Raqqa_SL/status/719062060366213120
https://twitter.com/Raqqa_SL/status/719061657591353345
https://twitter.com/Raqqa_SL/status/719161074256191488
And of course, the other main news on that front is that the US and
Russia are jointly drafting a new Syrian constitution:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-07/u-s-russia-said-to-team-up-to-draft-syria-s-new-constitution
-----Original Message-----
From: Louis Proyect via Marxism
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2016 6:16 AM
To: Michael Karadjis
Subject: [Marxism] Fwd: Russia and U.S. Near De Facto Alliance in
Syria -Bloomberg
Think this will make any difference to Cockburn, Whitney, Hersh, Fisk,
Ali, and Bromwich? Probably not. They are hopeless.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-06/raqqa-siege-in-sight-as-russia-u-s-proxies-plan-pincer-move
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