syria pol, (lack of) perspective from us citizen
so, as I understand it Trump is supposed to be giving or has already given some sort of authorization to Turkey to invade the anarcho-communist autonomous region of Rojava in northern Syria.
What does that entail, and what, pray tell, does Turkey intend to do? I feel like I've only seen anything about this coming out of anarchist spaces and there's little to no coverage elsewhere.
syria pol, (lack of) perspective from us citizen
@shaderphantom Exterminate them, basically.
re: syria pol, (lack of) perspective from us citizen
@Zero_Democracy I have not kept up with anything about Syria in years. Rojava is represented largely by Kurds who were supporting the US in the fight against ISIS, isn't that correct?
Why would the US want to authorize what is essentially ethnocide of their own allies?
re: syria pol, (lack of) perspective from us citizen
@shaderphantom That this likely represents the destruction of an experiment in autonomous leftism is presumably a fringe benefit for Republicans and neoliberal Dems, not that the latter would admit that.
re: syria pol, (lack of) perspective from us citizen
@Zero_Democracy And this is why Mattis resigned, to avoid being associated with an atrocity because of Trump's withdrawal authorization?
re: syria pol, (lack of) perspective from us citizen
@shaderphantom It was his excuse for getting out while maintaining some of his prestige, anyway. None of these ghouls actually care about collateral damage beyond the optics.
re: syria pol, (lack of) perspective from us citizen
@Zero_Democracy jesus, this is... not good.
re: syria pol, (lack of) perspective from us citizen
@shaderphantom It's pretty crushing. The alternative from our "opposition party" was to just keep bombing Syrians forever to keep the option of proxy war with Russia and/or Iran open. This was always going to end in someone being massacred.
re: syria pol, (lack of) perspective from us citizen
@shaderphantom Because we, as an imperial power, have been using Kurds as military pawns. The Turkish defense minister basically told Mattis that they would enact a pogrom when they US withdraws. Our government doesn't care about these people. We did the same thing during the first Gulf War. Told the Kurds rise against Saddam and left them to be massacred after.