Jamie Allinson’s “Leftist” take on the Syria conflict : a critique (Part II) - As’ad AbuKhalil
►http://english.al-akhbar.com/blogs/angry-corner/jamie-allinson’s-“leftist”-take-syria-conflict-critique-part-ii
Allinson is right. There were outside powers in the Spanish Civil War and in the Russian revolution, but Allinson forgets that he is making the case – on Syria – for the side that is receiving the support of outside reactionary forces in the region and the world. Yes, there is outside intervention in every civil war, and reactionary and imperialist powers will try to intervene in every civil war and “revolution,” but Allinson forgot that he is arguing for the recipients of this outside intervention. This is no small matter.
Allinson rejects the notion that the Syrian “revolution” consists of elements “working for Western intelligence agencies.” Well, intelligence information is not easy to come by and we will not know for a while whether any of the parties in Syria are receiving intelligence support or not. But we know for sure that the US and other Western and oil and gas regimes are sponsoring and employing and controlling the very elements that constitute what Allinson calls “the Syrian revolution.” It is a matter of public record that the US government, among others, is sponsoring and paying various sides of the Syrian opposition. We learned from WikiLeaks and from US newspapers that several opposition outlets and personalities are directly funded by the US government, and Saudi Arabia and Qatar have been involved in sponsoring – nay, controlling – various segments of the exile Syrian opposition and of the various armed groups.