Thanks for clarifying your position on the YPG, Michael, which is more nuanced and reasonable than I mistakenly supposed. While I agree the Rojava Kurds shouldn’t be immune to criticism, they are secular and democratic and identify with the international left in contrast to the Islamist groups which are opposed to them ideologically and the Turkish-sponsored SNA which seeks to crush them militarily, which is why they foremost deserve our support.
IMO the maneuvering of Erdogan and the SNA represents the greatest obstacle to the unity of the victorious rebel forces which both the SDF and HST seem to be working towards. As for relations with Israel, I think there is unanimity among all the factions that it needs to be appeased in order to permit the reconstruction of Syria. There may therefore be some truth to the reported professions of friendship to the Israeli media by both lower level SDF and HST sources presumably aimed at influencing Israeli public opinion and reassuring Western governments expecting such signalling. The Palestinian cause would be further sacrificed to that end, and the possibility that the US will now allow Israel to attack Iran following the defeat of the Islamic republic’s junior partners in Syria and Lebanon is also something which can’t be easily dismissed. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#34032): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/34032 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/110023084/21656 -=-=- 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. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
