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This sell-out deal was almost as predictable as night becoming day. That may sound overblown, given the massive Turkish counterroffensive several days ago that destroyed so much Assadist genocide-equipment and shot down a bunch of warplanes. But it was very, very noticeable while this was happening that it was essentially being facilitated by Moscow - the same Moscow that had just killed 36 Turkish troops, which provoked Erdogan's revenge on Assad (instead of on Russian forces). Demonstrating to both who was in charge was important for Moscow to hammer through this deal. As for Erdogan, well blowing hot and cold like that is what he does, but it was clear he wanted a deal, via Moscow, that preserved the northern part of Idlib province - now that Assad has conquered most of the revolutionary towns - as a Turkish-controlled giant refugee camp, to prevent further refugee influx into Turkey. While the SDF/Kurdish leadership may have entertained some thoughts of aiding Assad against Idlib in exchange for Assad helping them push Turkish occupation forces out of Afrin, the actual result will come as a cruel blow to these illusions. Just as the deal was being signed, Assad declared that the “Kurdish issue” does not exist in his country, calling it “illusive and a lie”. He also claimed that Kurds living in northern areas are originally from Turkey. https://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/syria/050320201. This is in the context of rumours that the Russian-Turkish agreement may include secret provisions for Putin to look the other way if Turkey occupies Kobani. While tactical choices might be made ehre and there, ultimately a strengthened regime is their worst enemy too. On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 12:04 AM RKOB via Marxism < marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: > ******************** 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. > ***************************************************************** > > > https://www.thecommunists.net/worldwide/africa-and-middle-east/idlib-putin-erdogan-deal-is-sell-out-of-syrian-revolution/ > > -- > Revolutionär-Kommunistische Organisation BEFREIUNG > (Österreichische Sektion der RCIT, www.thecommunists.net) > www.rkob.net > ak...@rkob.net > Tel./SMS/WhatsApp/Telegram: +43-650-4068314 > > > > -- > Diese E-Mail wurde von Avast Antivirus-Software auf Viren geprüft. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > _________________________________________________________ > Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm > Set your options at: > https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/mkaradjis%40gmail.com _________________________________________________________ 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
