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Actually I wouldn't be quite so dismissive. It may or may not be true or
may be exaggerated, but the problem is precisely that by bombing Nusra -
an anti-ISIS organisation working with the rest of the rebel formations
against regime and ISIS - under the cover of bombing ISIS, the US in
precisely encouraging the reassertion of the more jihadist wings of the
leadership and ranks of Nusra. Pressure will be there to join their
"jihadist brothers" against US imperialism.
This is precisely another counterrevolutionary effect of the bombing.
Making counterrevolution is a creative process. Directly bombing current
military allies of the FSA and united rebel alliance (ie, bombing Nusra)
is one very direct form of aiding the Assadist counterrevolution. This
is especially obvious in Aleppo, which has been jointly besieged by
Assad and ISIS for some months now, and the US' very first bombing
attacks were on Nusra (and possibly Ahrar al-Sham) inside Aleppo, ie, on
those fighting side by side with the FSA and IF in the epic defense of
the city, attacks which are continuing, yet to now there have been no US
attacks on ISIS in the north Aleppo region
(http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/09/25/5199983/cia-vetted-syrian-rebels-battling.html#.VCjCcBZ0Yk4).
Needles to say, the US does not attack the regime genocidists. In other
words, in the Aleppo region, it is *only* the rebels who have been
attacked!
But other counterrevolutionary effects are less direct, and this
ideological impact - driving Nusra away from the rebel alliance back
into alliance with ISIS, which would then give the US even more
justification for destroying Nusra, thus destroying an important
military asset of the opposition. It may not happen, or it may only
happen partially, but I don't rule it out.
Likewise, this in turn puts pressure on the Islamic Front, the soft
Islamists (eg, Jaish Mujahideen in Aleppo), and on the FSA itself, to
"choose" between the US and Nusra, thereby fostering division,
confusion, in-fighting etc within the FSA and other rebel movements,
splitting, wrecking, pushing those sections more oriented to the west to
engage in mutually-suicidal attacks on Nusra (mutual suicide is what I
have always believed to have been the US aim of encouraging the FSA to
be a premature 'sawha' against Nusra, rather than any preference for a
victory of the FSA).
Fortunately, at this stage, as I documented, most on the ground FSA and
rebel units have condemned the US attacks and defended Nusra. But if
Nusra joins ISIS, this will put a different pressure on the FSA and
allies. And even if it doesn't, the current situation allows Nusra to
gain support and denounce anyone not entirely supporting them as US
agents, this actually strengthening the more reactionary pole within the
anti-Assad/anti-ISIS front.
If ISIS could be surgically wiped off the face of the earth I'd have no
real objection, but the idea that US imperialist strategy is capable of
this, or even that this is the main aim, is mistaken.
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From: Clay Claiborne via Marxism
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 4:27 AM
To: Michael Karadjis
Subject: Re: [Marxism] Nusra Front dissolving into Islamic State?
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Once again you've got it all wrong Marv,
ISIS is not part of the opposition to the Assad Regime. al Nusra, along
with the rest of the Syrian opposition have been fighting both ISIS and
Assad, which have only made a show of fighting each other.
That the US-led air campaign in intended to halt ISIS is only their
propaganda and your opinion.
al Nursa is not splintering and the question that you hopeful pose in
the
subject line is not supported by the article you link to. Why am I not
surprised? It does however reflect the hopes of ISIS:
However, one Islamic State fighter said he believed there was an "80
percent chance that the brothers of Nusra will join the State".
But what Reuters says is:
Sources close to Islamic State said some Nusra fighters were joining
them
after the strikes and there was a growing sense among many that it was
time
to put their differences aside.
So again, the source is ISIS, so really the only question your post
raises
is why are you embellishing ISIS propaganda on a Marxist list?
Clay Claiborne, Director
Vietnam: American Holocaust <http://VietnamAmericanHolocaust.com>
Linux Beach Productions
Venice, CA 90291
(310) 581-1536
Read my blogs at the Linux Beach <http://claysbeach.blogspot.com/>
<http://wlcentral.org/user/2965/track>
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