******************** 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. *****************************************************************
The PYD remained separate from the Turkish-backed rebels for several reasons. The Turkish state had a long history of repression against its own Kurdish population, and encouraged hostility to the Rojava revolution amongst the rebel groups it supported. Some of the rebels were Arab nationalists who did not support Kurdish rights. Another factor was the rise of Sunni-sectarian ideology within the rebel movement. This led to the growth of groups such as Jabhat al-Nusra, which carried out the forced conversion of the Druze in Idlib province. Such actions are counter-revolutionary. Chris Slee ________________________________ From: Marxism <[email protected]> on behalf of RKOB via Marxism <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, 3 July 2019 7:21:23 PM To: Chris Slee Subject: Re: [Marxism] Saudi Support for "left-wing" YPG/SDF ******************** 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. ***************************************************************** Well, the YPG/PYD/SDF is not so isolated. It receives political and military support from the U.S. and the EU. It is supported, as we just saw, by Saudi Arabia (you can call it "humanitarian aid" if you like.) What is true is that the the YPG/PYD/SDF is isolated from the Arab masses. True, this is also because of Arab nationalist sentiments. However, the PKK/YPG historically has worked hard to isolate themselves from the Arab masses. They never defended an Arab or Muslim country suffering from imperialist aggression (I know it in the cases of Iraq in 1990/91 as well as 2003 and I am pretty sure that this was also the case in Afghanistan 2001). You say that the revolution must be spread to the whole of Syria. How true! But the PKK/YPG never supported the popular uprising! Instead, they kept their relations with the Assad regime and refused to join the uprising. By such they helped the regime to concentrate their forces to suppress the uprising. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
