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New from Linux Beach:
Jacobin's "War on Syria"
<http://claysbeach.blogspot.com/2015/08/jacobins-war-on-syria.html>
I was reminded that their tag line /"Reason in Revolt"/ has a /"take
leave of senses" /double-meaning as I read *Jacobin*'s latest piece
<https://www.jacobinmag.com/2015/08/syria-civil-war-nato-military-intervention/>
on Syria, a conflict that more and more is taking center stage in
world affairs in spite of having been generally ignored, *"The War on
Syria"*, published 27 August 2015 was written by *Patrick Higgins*,
but I will treat it as representing the views of Jacobin on Syria,
which it does.
The tag line of this article is /"*Foreign intervention has only
worsened the situation in Syria*,"/ and as I said
<http://claysbeach.blogspot.com/2015/08/critique-of-proposed-vfp-resolution.html>
about the *Veterans for Peace* resolution title /"*Stop All Foreign
Intervention In Syria*,"/ that's a position I can get 100% behind
except, as with VFP, its definition of /"foreign intervention"/
doesn't include the Russians or Iranians, Hezbollah from Lebanon,
Iraqi militias or Afghans recruited to fight for the Assad regime with
the promise of an Iranian visa and pay, and now new Russian bases
<https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/NewsReports/565807-russia-ramps-up-syria-military-involvement-pro-assad-paper>
in Syria. They don't consider any of that /"foreign intervention"/ yet
without all of that, Assad would have been toast long ago.
The piece begins with an obligatory description of the tragedy, /"As
the human toll of the Syrian catastrophe spirals ever higher."/ It is
very careful, however, to avoid any specifics about this catastrophe.
Barrel-bombs for example. Then it complains:
And the specter of humanitarian crisis has compelled every stripe
of policymaker and pundit to call for some form of action — the
need to do something.
Here it artfully dodges the demand of the Syrian people for a no-fly
zone, and acts as if the #ClearTheSky campaign doesn't exist for a reason.
*More...*
<http://claysbeach.blogspot.com/2015/08/jacobins-war-on-syria.html>
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