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On Mon, Mar 9, 2020 at 6:56 PM RKOB via Marxism <marxism@lists.csbs.utah.edu> wrote: I agree that "This sell-out deal was almost as predictable as night becoming day". However, it is one thing to say so AFTER such an event has happened or to warn about such a danger AHEAD of it.If comrades have written such warning/predictions ahead of it, please forward the respective link. Reply: Well, since you're responding to me, when I wrote that Turkey's attacks smashing up Assad's genocide-arsenal and downing warplanes deserves the total support of humanity, I followed this with: obviously I am not saying rebels should trust Turkey or subordinate themselves or put much faith in Turkish actions; the reality is that Turkey will do little, caught up as it is in deals with Assad's owners, Russia and Iran. Turkey did nothing to prevent the cities of the revolution falling; we all know why. However, Turkey also has 3.7 million Syrian refugees, the highest number of refugees in the world by far, and it cannot handle another million or two crossing the border; right now it is blocking them, so the displaced are trapped between Assad and Putin's genocidal bombing and Turkey's wall. To the extent that this forces Turkey to draw a line somewhere, in the northern half of Idlib, to keep it, not as a centre of revolution obviously, but as a giant refugee camp, we must say: GOOD. Not anywhere good enough of course, but that is now done. No-one ever expected the US or Turkey or Gulf countries to support a revolution and they didn't, but if Turkey's own needs now correspond to protecting civilians from slaughter, then that must be supported. Seems a pretty clear description of exactly what occurred. _________________________________________________________ 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
