Shit may be about to go down again. Assad is going to try to take back Idlib from imperialist-funded terrorists and the US media is already abuzz with rumors that Assad will likely use chemical weapons in this new offensive. As we know, the best move for one to make when you’re about to win a war is to use chemical weapons and open the door to get attacked by America for a third time! Gotta win those votes in the midterms too…
I am subscribed to Telesur and HispanTV(a spanish channel of the iran gov) and a they talked a lot about a fake chemical attack soon in Syria
Joseph Clark
here we go again, fuck
Jackson Scott
Will the rebels actually fight, or surrender in like the ones in the south earlier this year?
Zachary Barnes
ONE DOUSAND SKRIPALDS :–DDDDD
Elijah Stewart
Remember how they already predicted "displacement of proportions never to be seen before", "humanitarian disaster" and "famine" before Assad's last offense. None of that came true. It's fear mongering. The bloodiest battle was Aleppo, the rest is just cleaning up.
Also, notice how nobody gives a fuck about Yemen.
Elijah Bennett
They keep that war pretty well hidden here in the US. I doubt most Americans can tell you anything about what is going down there. My guess why their focusing on Syria is because:
Jackson Russell
Syria is all about a combination of opening the door to operations against Iran and resource control, which is why it gets a ton of media coverage The thought process is
Caleb Smith
Yeah but that goes for the Houthis (allegedly, they have a much closer relationship to Hezbollah than the IRGC or the Islamic Republic), the only thing Americans are told about Houthis are le proxies. I suspect it's because it's because most ordinary Americans if they did know the character of the Houthis would either not care or sympathize with them over the Saudis.
Nicholas Hughes
How would you even go about explaining Yemen to the average American? Like you can pretty easily talk about all the war crimes going on there but what would you say to convince them politically? What narrative or line could be repeated as to the causes & motivations of the war without them knowing more about Middle Eastern Geopolitics more generally?
Slightly unrelated, but where’s the best place to find a basic gestalt on Yemen and get up to date? I have no clue what’s going on there and I feel out of the loop
Lincoln Harris
i'm hoping that the FSA will pack it in when idlib falls (and it will) if only to see how assmad their sympathisers in the west get. And I know it's been said that Assad is /ourguy/ but can someone explain this, he's not bad but he doesn't seem too special either.
Carter Taylor
Lol. He's restiting against zionism, nato, erdogan and america. This guy doesn't give a shit. He's a hero
William Garcia
It'd go something like
Lucas Ortiz
the Ba'ath party is a lot like the Kuomintang when they were good
Kayden Davis
Currently Turkey and Russia are trying to talk HTS and TIP into dissolving or moving up to occupied Afrin/TFSA region but apparently HTS was asking for too much. Talks are on going with HTS and much small rebel factions. Russia is hoping for the success "reconciliation" had with the Southern Front and Turkey is just trying to keep it's foot in the door. US seems irked, but won't do anything since the Pentagon gave up on the opposition in 2016; only MaT are still getting help from them and the burgers are only still in the region to keep eyes on Iran/Shia militas in the MERV. Ironically, Assad has very little to do with how the "Syrian Civil War" ends
Assad is destroying Israel, Turkey, gulf regimes singlehandedly and there are still faggots that don't have the guts to say 'I love him'.
Kayden Ward
Redpill me on Assad pls. Of course I support Syria's struggle 100% but is it just a "fascist Brazil vs Britain" situation or has he done anything commiepilled?
Brody Taylor
Why does almost every other leader want Assad gone? What makes him so special as compared to Middle Eastern dictator No.4273901? Is it the country's location/geopolitics? Relationship with teh ebil ruskies or what?
Ryder Barnes
Bashar Assads father Hafez al-Assad was allied with the Soviet Union.
Jackson Torres
he's singlehandedly holding back NATO, Erdogan, FSA (american puppets), ISIS and Israel.
Josiah Gomez
And Bashar himself is allied with Cuba and DPRK just as his father was.
I know and that's based. But what about his internal policies tho
Logan Powell
he's managed to keep the syrian economy together despite the civil war and western led sanctions, it's not good but could be far worse.
Ryder Myers
U.N. fears chemical weapons in Syria battle with '10,000 terrorists They’re hyping this up so much I’m sure CIA goons are working around the clock for this.
I thought the FSA wen the way of ISIS and that the only foreign power left is Turkey that uses northern Syria as a cushion for Erdrogan's ambitions
Liam Roberts
not quite yet, the FSA still has a handful of holdouts. when the situation in the Aleppo governate and the north in general, Assad will fully turn his attention to Erdogan. Bear in mind that Kurdish forces are giving the Turks a good time in Afrin with guerilla warfare.
Colton Taylor
KARA BOGA FEARS THE SOCIALIST KURD
How in the hell will Syria deal with Turkey? Theyve ben through a disastruous and devastating 6 year war already. My admiration for Bashaar's Syrians and the Kurds grow more every day
Caleb Adams
chances are, Assad will need to get his forces in line and tell them to get the fuck out or they'll be pushed back across the border.
Asher Hernandez
But how will the SAA and over a dozen US military bases in Syria, both embattled and exhausted, deal with a superio enemy that is Turkey?
James Peterson
He's a Ba'athist and fundamentally Secular, so he's not a Theocrat or Reactionary by any means, technically his party is "Socialist" but that's irrelevant, Syria more or less is Islamic Social Democracy although in recent years some reforms have been enacted which could be considered "Neoliberal", which is a common reality for countries globally at this point. Historically his Father played an important role in resisting Imperialism in the region aliied with the USSR and Bashar is continuing to do so with the majority support of the Syrian people. Others could give you a more detailed analysis but the Syrian government is integral to resisting NATO, US, Israel etc. in the region and Assad is part of that.
Didn't Hafez support the reactionary Lebanese Maronite militias during the civil war there? If he didn't, he certainly undermined the efforts of a lot of the Lebanese National Movement, the Druze PSP in particular.
Oh yeah don't get me wrong, he himself wasn't actually a Socialist or even really Anti-Imperialist beyond Syria, he was just important in the geopolitics of the region and it served the ML Anti-Imperialist ends. There are plenty of shitty things you could say about Hafez, like for example him playing a role in modern terrorist tactics. Bashar is an angel compared to his father.
Brody Hughes
Assad isn't that great but he is by far the best choice for Syria especially now that over a dozen US military bases in Syria is essentially just twiddling it's thumbs while the US builds bases
Leo Brooks
Turkey is essentially obliged to comply because Russia can just shit can the Turkish economy with sanctions
Jason Taylor
Reminder that if you actually believe the Anarchist spouted lie that "Once IS / FSA / Turks are gone the over a dozen US military bases in Syria are going to kindly ask the US to leave which the US will do so the over a dozen US military bases in Syria can ally with the SAA" Then you are literally pic related
The Americans themselves have stated that they aren't going to leave when IS is defeated. And IS is now literally just a pocket on the river and insurgent pockets in the desert.
Russia, Iran, and Turkey are meeting tomorrow to discuss Idlib. If there's no agreement, then Russia and Iran will give Assad the green light. Kind of funny how the anti-imperialist is waiting for other nations' blessings in his country's "civil war."
ISIS sleeper cells my dude. This is just the MERV, not including Al-Safa, Homs province, or Idlib. Just because it's a color on a map doesn't mean it's 100% cleared. All those evacuation deals are starting to bite the SAA in the ass.
No SAA / Russia just want to make sure that they dont end up shooting Turkic soldiers by accident and give all of NATO a Casus Beli to Crawl up their ass
That isnt the point the US has openly said they will maintain their bases in the region even AFTER IS is fully defeated and if you actually think the .S.D.F. has the power to force a US withdraw then you are deluding yourself
the ЅDF has the physical power to evict the US, but yes. after the US leaves they would be too vulnerable, so they would never evict them. The only way the ЅDF would ever kick out the US is if they were able to reconcile with the SAR, which seems unlikely since Assad has openly said they will maintain their stance, and go to war with the DFΝS otherwise.
Blake Gomez
Just to add; Even if Assad has used and is using chemical weapons, even on civilians, that would not justify US/NATO-led military action independent of the UN.
Extrajudicial attempts to depose a leader without authorization from the UN constitutes aggression and is a war crime. The question of chemical weapons is completely irrelevant to whether NATO has any basis for attacking Syria, a UN member nation (they don't).
