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The Syrian Peace Deal

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Saturday December 19, 2015 00:20

by Paddy Hackett

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The Peace Deal does not serve the interests of the masses of the Middle East.

The peace deal proposed and accepted is a reflection of the success of Moscow's strategy in the Middle East. The opposition, as it is called, came to the table because it knows that the military alliance involving Russia, Iran and Syria is going to gobble them up. This has been Putin's strategy. It has proved successful whereas the Western strategy led by Washington has been an unmitigated disaster on a par with its strategy with regard to Vietnam.

Having said this it will not inevitably follow that the peace deal will be successful. It is going to be interesting as to how ISIS will react to this latest development. Turkey may not be too happy with it either. Turkey fears the struggle for an independent Kurdistan entailing Turkish, Iraqi and Syrian territory.

But the peace deal has nothing to do with the interests of the Syrian masses. It is a deal accepted in the interests of capitalism.

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Comments (10 of 10)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	But that's for THEM to decide	Mike Novack	Sat Dec 19, 2015 14:17
2	Response to Mike Novick	Paddy Hackett	Sat Dec 19, 2015 22:06
3	PRECISELY what I am talking about	Mike Novack	Sun Dec 20, 2015 21:22
4	Reply to Mick	Paddy Hackett	Tue Dec 22, 2015 23:29
5	No, NOT the "city states"	Mike Novack	Thu Dec 24, 2015 22:39
6	Nick And Nation States	Paddy Hackett	Fri Dec 25, 2015 10:05
7	Oh, "private language"	Mike Novack	Fri Dec 25, 2015 16:11
8	Public versus private language.	Paddy Hackett	Fri Dec 25, 2015 20:54
9	Public versus private language.	Paddy Hackett	Fri Dec 25, 2015 20:54
10	NOT what I meant by "privae" vs "public" language	Mike Novack	Sat Dec 26, 2015 19:54

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