I have come across
several people on the left who believe we should take a stand against the
Bashar al-Assad (بشار اسد) Regime and some have even suggested supporting the
Free Syrian Army, which the US
has been supporting. There are a few points they try to make. Most have claimed
they are not supporting US
imperialism and yet they believe we should demand Assad step down. That is the
same position the US takes
and as far as I am concerned the US has no authority to tell a
foreign leader to step down. Some of these so-called leftists are claiming that
the slaughter of his own people is unjustifiable and we should take up the
cause to get rid of him. I don't actually support Assad, but I oppose the FSA because it
is a reactionary faction, similar to the Nicaraguan Contras. They
are mostly Islamists. I am not an Islamist. I don't support Islamist
revolutionaries. Many of those people would kill us if we went to Syria . I refuse
to take up the causes of US
imperialism. They plan to put puppet governments all over the Middle
East . That does not help anyone. One thing I will not support is
the imperialist efforts to replace Assad with a puppet government. - SJ Otto
From Democracy Now:
As the
United Nations Security Council holds an emergency session over the growing
prospect of a war between Russia
and the U.S. , after
President Trump threatened U.S.
strikes in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma, we get
response from Syrian-Canadian writer Yazan al-Saadi. “Let’s remind everyone
that the U.S. is striking Syria already.
You have more than 2,000 soldiers on the ground. There are bases.” He adds,
“For me, as a Syrian, I see it as an occupation, just like how I see the Russians
are an occupation on the country.” Regarding the alleged chemical attack in Syria , he says,
“This ignores the fact that most deaths are happening through conventional
means,” such as airstrikes.
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