Western imperialism has imposed a two year embargo on the rebels whilst Assad has murdered tens of thousands, been re-supplied by Putin whilst Saudi Arabia has been allowed to strengthen the Islamists militias against those that would defend the democratic uprising. Imperialism has been intervening from day one very much to the detriment of the Syrian people. There is no doubt that the West conceded Syria to the Russian sphere of influence in exchange for freedom of action in its own sphere. They have stood by and ignored the most horrendous butchery. If they are heasitatingly advocating a lifting of the embargo now with the limited objective of forcing Assad to the table it is because they are beginning to look weak and impotent on the world stage. It is not because they give a rat’s arse about dead Syrian babies. We, who call ourselves progressive, on the other hand most certainly should. Stalinism has persuaded the international labour movement to join the imperialist blockade and containment of the Syrian Revolution and the Arab Spring in the interests not of the Arab people but the Chinese and Russian elites. It is only heroic resistance that has started to expose the cracks in this unholy alliance of cynics. Imperialism is entirely self-serving and I don’t call for a Western intervention but I do call for it to get out of the way. I didn’t call for Western intervention in Libya but I certainly did not demonstrate for Gadaffi’s right to blast Benghazi off the face of the planet. It was absolutely right for the Libyan people and rebels to take advantage of the intervention to push through with their rebellion against the Gadaffi tyranny and intervention that was entirely predicated on forcing negotiations and saving the regime. It is absolutely right also that the Syrian people have the right to acquire arms to defend themselves.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:12:31 +0000
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