[Marxism] Fwd: Why the Syria talks remind me of the Oslo process - Al Jazeera English

2016-02-07 Thread Louis Proyect via Marxism 

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Like Israelis who "shoot and cry", Assad & co. also bomb and lament. 
Their cynicism has proven without bounds as they pride themselves on 
killing "terrorists" as they destroy a whole nation, and in the case of 
Assad, it's his own people.


full: 
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/01/syria-talks-remind-oslo-process-geneva-palestine-160131120716373.html

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Re: [Marxism] Fwd: Why the Syria talks remind me of the Oslo process - Al Jazeera English

2016-02-07 Thread Jeff via Marxism 
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This is about what I was thinking too, except that my point of comparison
was to the Paris peace talks between the US (+ puppets) and the Vietnamese.
Not only did they not obtain anything useful (even after agreeing on the
shape of the negotiating table) but most of the US bombing and destruction
of the country (and a couple of neighboring countries) occurred after
formal "peace negotiations" had begun. Eventually the Vietnamese won
anyway, but that probably would not have been possible without great
material assistance from the Soviet Union, as well as widespread
international solidarity. Both of which are mainly lacking for the Syrians :-(

- Jeff

 
At 10:09 07-02-16 -0500, Louis Proyect via Marxism wrote: 
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>full: 
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ocess-geneva-palestine-160131120716373.html
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