I honestly can not say I have a deep knowledge of the Syrian civil war except for a few things.

  1. Multiple groups including Isis and the Syrian army are involved, some of which are US backed

  2. Rojava and the Kurds seem genuinely unproblematic and cool, and are currently being attacked by Syria and Turkey, and their support was withdrawn by trump.

  3. The resulting refugee crisis is a big deal, etc etc. I’ve actually been fortunate enough to talk with several refugees as my mother works in local government helping sponsor them, and one family threw a party and invited us. The food was delicious, but I felt like asking a family who had just been reunited with a family member after years about the civil war would not be a good idea. So I can’t say I learned much from the conversations I’ve had.

I see lots of Assad memes. Is it ironic? Is it unironic? Is it a big critical support deal like Kim Jong un? What’s the consensus? Can someone educate me or?

Thanks.

  • Civility [none/use name]
    1·
    4 years ago

    What part of giving literal Neo-Nazis medals and TV time says "has done nothing wrong" to you?

    • JoeySteel [comrade/them]
      6·
      4 years ago

      Given Syria and Libyas history (Libya financing IRA)its probably Assads way of fucking with the West and fermenting internal conflict to highlight reprobabtes like that in which case critical support for trying to fuck with the West

      • Civility [none/use name]
        1·
        4 years ago

        Critical support for ... David Duke? in his struggle against ... anti-fascism?

        • JoeySteel [comrade/them]
          7·
          4 years ago

          The only threat to the US state are the right wing nationalists

          If you were the leader of a country like Syria i could see a very good foreign policy argument in promoting the greatest threat to the US state

          • Civility [none/use name]
            1·
            4 years ago

            That's not why the Ba'athists are doing it.

            They took in Nazi officials fleeing Germany and have been supporting international fascism ever since.