WhatsonAir [comrade/them]

Assad did deliver weapons to AANES, is he a proxy against himself?

The analysis if actions and operations align and if an entity is a proxy can’t stop with labeling something as proxy or not to mean good or bad. Was China delivering weapons in conflicts on the side of US forces during the last 70 years a US proxy? Is ISIL a Turkish proxy? Is Syria and is Hizbollah (and as such Lebanon) just an Iranian proxy? No.

AANES got its own goals, to say “it is an US proxy” is absolutely reductive. Much of what happens there is cause of the relations they are in, even without any US influence. The Syrian Civil war is very complex and you actually need to parse through 10-15 years of material to get a grasp of it. Russia did lobby for the UNO to include Rojava as partner in talks related to Syrian peace talks, Russia has an office of Rojava in Moscow.

AANES is in conflict with Turkey. AANES is in need of partners and it enjoys high support within the territories it controls. It is a typical thing to neglect Kurdish, Jesidic, Arabic struggles. Kurdish women who did actually hold talks in my city and conferences, women who fought, who tell you about Jineologie and about emancipatory societies are labeled as “pathetic Western leftists” here. Anti-Imperialism can be emancipatory and progressive.

https://rojavainformationcenter.org/2023/12/aanes-social-contract-2023-edition/

Bombings by Turkey make it more likely for ISIL prisoners to escape. Is Turkey furthering ISIL?

https://npasyria.com/en/110254/

In doing this they have sided with ISIS, which is a proxy of the US and the Zionist entity and which time and time again proves that it is working toward the same regional goals as the US imperialists and the neocolony.

Assad did deliver weapons to the de-facto government of Rojava and thus the YPG. Is Assad an US proxy against himself?

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Syrian_civil_war.png

This shows well the front line that was relevant. The conflict against ISIL was only part of the civil war, for years, so a long time, Assad and allies did focus on controlling parts in the West and doing operations against rebel forces, including some parts of Islamist forces. The operations in the east were at a latter point. However I do understand that your read of the situation is basically the Hisbollah position. Not a lot to discuss between us.

Putin didn’t destroy ISIS in Syria.

That was a success of a broad coalition and the main force were the people living there on the ground, often organized by Peschmerga / YPJ / YPG / etc.

I know it is a meme, still a different framing would be good to strengthen our comrades in Rojava and the rest of Syria.

I read up on it in a German encyclopedia and it was claimed that less than 10 people were confirmed dying due to the Great Depression. Which obviously is a bit odd.