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Now here we are. Turkey is shelling Assadist positions in northern Aleppo and northern Lattakia. (The US is asking it to stop). With the aid of Turkish artillery, Turkmen Free Army brigades have just recaptured Alia village in Lattakia. And Turkish artillery has stopped the PYD-Russian advance on Arab-majority Azaz. It seems a Turkish red line is in fact a red line. Russia's murderous imperialist onslaught on Turkmen and Arabs in Syria, and its driving hundreds of thousands more refugees to the borders, have brought Turkey a step deeper into the conflict. With all my dislike of the authoritarian and hyper-nationalist aspects of the Turkish state, I support its current action as an absolutely necessary break with the disastrous appeasement of Assad, Russia and Iran, and more importantly, as absolutely necessary for the survival of democratic communities in Idlib and Aleppo provinces. If European powers have any sense of self-preservation they will ignore the US and line up with Turkey here. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
