I assume ISIL comes from Irak and not from Turkey. The I wonder are the US really training 30000 soldiers to guard a border which mainly consists of desert, and which moreover lies largely outside the territory of the Kurds in Syria (Royava)? Or are there other motives? Who can shine a light on this.
don't agree that the crushing of the rebels is a tragedy. the civil war, is, of course, and the sooner it ends the better. Although you are right when you state that the regime has blood on its hands, it's governing is to be preferred very much over that of a bunch of rag tag militias (see Libya). But let us not forget who were arming these militias in the first place: Qatar, Saudi-Arabia, with silent consent of the US. If the US was really interested in peace in Syria, it would have supported Assad right from the start. There would not have been a civil war, no 200 000 casualties ,and no millions of refugees ( but admittedly, maybe a couple of 100 people killed in government jails). Obviously the US is much more driven by geopolitical concerns than by a genuine quest for peace, or for saving lives.
Thank you for this insightful article. Nevertheless, I would not be surprised if the motives of this Tunisian man were exactly the same as those of the Bataclan killers of November 2015: revenge for French killings of innocent civilans in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere, and for French support of regimes that perpetrate such killings.
My Gandhian advice would thus be to stop bombing in Syria and Iraq, which is allegedly done to support the local people, but in reality only serves direct French and Western oil-related interests. And then send real help to the local population.
Please do not tell me that those countries are bombed for humanitarian purposes. It is all about oil and geopolitics. If the humanitarian aspect was important, why isn't the West bombing South Sudan, Congo, Israel, just to name a few? Why are there no protests agains the Saudis bombing in Yemen, the power grab of al-Sisi in Egypt, the criminal regime of Bouteflika in Algeria, of Idriss Deby in Tchad, etc., etc.
I assume ISIL comes from Irak and not from Turkey. The I wonder are the US really training 30000 soldiers to guard a border which mainly consists of desert, and which moreover lies largely outside the territory of the Kurds in Syria (Royava)? Or are there other motives? Who can shine a light on this.
don't agree that the crushing of the rebels is a tragedy. the civil war, is, of course, and the sooner it ends the better. Although you are right when you state that the regime has blood on its hands, it's governing is to be preferred very much over that of a bunch of rag tag militias (see Libya). But let us not forget who were arming these militias in the first place: Qatar, Saudi-Arabia, with silent consent of the US. If the US was really interested in peace in Syria, it would have supported Assad right from the start. There would not have been a civil war, no 200 000 casualties ,and no millions of refugees ( but admittedly, maybe a couple of 100 people killed in government jails). Obviously the US is much more driven by geopolitical concerns than by a genuine quest for peace, or for saving lives.
Thank you for this insightful article. Nevertheless, I would not be surprised if the motives of this Tunisian man were exactly the same as those of the Bataclan killers of November 2015: revenge for French killings of innocent civilans in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere, and for French support of regimes that perpetrate such killings.
My Gandhian advice would thus be to stop bombing in Syria and Iraq, which is allegedly done to support the local people, but in reality only serves direct French and Western oil-related interests. And then send real help to the local population.
Please do not tell me that those countries are bombed for humanitarian purposes. It is all about oil and geopolitics. If the humanitarian aspect was important, why isn't the West bombing South Sudan, Congo, Israel, just to name a few? Why are there no protests agains the Saudis bombing in Yemen, the power grab of al-Sisi in Egypt, the criminal regime of Bouteflika in Algeria, of Idriss Deby in Tchad, etc., etc.