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RalfB's avatar

An interesting aspect of this is that al-Sharaa, for all his CIA/MI6 links, is primarily a creature of Erdogan. But he was allowed, and apparently encouraged to cooperate with Israel, even as Israel bombs and invades his holdings.

In fact, at the height of the Israeli campaign in the south of Syria, al-Sharaa was invited to a meeting with Erdogan; when he came back, he started the campaign of atrocities against Alawites and Christians in Latakia province, evidently to distract his followers from the Israeli depredations.

This hints that maybe the apparent hostility between Israel and Turkiye is not as deep as it is made to appear. They certainly have many shared interests.

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Realist's avatar

I see no surprise here. This was the whole purpose of the U.S./Israel war against Syria.

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Free Radical's avatar

Yeah. That 15 years of Syrians trying to get out from under Assad had nothing to do with anything.

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Eric Zuesse's avatar

The U.S. Government commissioned polls of Syrians, and they showed CONSISTENTLY that Assad had higher support to lead the country than ANYONE else there did, and that the Syrians overwhelmingly named the U.S. as having brought the al-Qaeda curse to Syria. They blamed the U.S. the MOST for al-Qaeda being there. So, all that you know of the matter is the U.S.-and-allied propaganda, NOT what the U.S. Government itself KNEW about the matter. I am constantly amazed at the extent to which many people talk on the basis of the U.S. Government's deceits instead of on the basis of any reliable DATA at all. They are mental slaves. If they choose to be that, it is their right, but then they should just keep quiet about such matters, because they will only spread other people's lies otherwise.

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Free Radical's avatar

Please share those citations. Those reliable DATA of yours.

You've posted several times since I've asked. SO - Your blurb about "US government commissioner polls of Syrians," was FABRICATION.

Pulled from your lying asshole.

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Helga Weber's avatar

Can a leopard change its spots, I doubt it.

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