Episode 18 - Syria Under Siege: The Role of Turkey, Israel, and the USA

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@kianistan Ай бұрын

We thank Professor Behlul Ozkan for his time and analysis. We believe that in Syria, a victory of HTS will be a victory for Israel. Those seeing HTS as a force for good have learnt nothing from the collapse of Iraq or Lydia. How many times will we have to see this experiment repeated before we realise that US and Israel do not have in mind that what is beneficial for West Asia. Having said this, we agree with Professor Behlul’s approach of seeing geopolitics through the lens of Real Politic. States do not consider as a priority, that what is beneficial for the region, let alone the world. Rather states pursue their own narrow self-interest first and foremost. They then create moral narratives to give legitimacy to their policies. Unfortunately, it seems like things will get a lot worse before they get better. But we must not lose hope.

@manuelmanzanero5057 Ай бұрын

20:47 In fact, Israel has been supporting with weapons HTS's predecessor, when was still called Nusra Front, since the height of the Syrian civil war more than ten years ago. Gadi Eizenkot himself recognized it.

@kianistan Ай бұрын

I fully agree.

@manuelmanzanero5057 Ай бұрын

@@kianistanRegarding the guest's words, pointing out Israel as the great deal breaker instead of Ukraine, I think they are very accurate. I remember now something Netanyahu said. He promised Iran to attack them in a way that "they (Iranians) won't even know what happened, they will only see the consequences." It was assumed that he was referring to the October air raid. But could it actually refer to what is happening now? To Israel's role in a blow that has destroyed at light speed one of its main allies and also seems to intend to cut its shipments of weapons to another of them?

@kianistan Ай бұрын

@@manuelmanzanero5057 i think you have a good point. Although i am not yet decided who the main architect was of this whole scheme. No doubt Israel is the biggest winner. But e.g. according to Russian FM this was done not by Israel, but by USA to hurt Russia as a payback for what is going on in Ukraine. Regardless of who the mastermind was, the result is that USA/Israel/Turkey/Qatar/Jordon have dealt a severe blow to Russia/Iran/Hizbullah/Hammas. It’s very depressing. I hope to Interview Tim Anderson today. Hopefully that will get published tomorrow. Watch out for that as Tim is very knowledgable on the topic of Syria. No doubt he will be able to help unpack some of this. Thank you for your intelligent commentary.

@manuelmanzanero5057 Ай бұрын

@@kianistanOf course I'll watch the interview. I feel nothing but admiration for Tim Anderson since I read his essential book on Syria. That the "dirty war" has ended up taking this unexpected final turn, as a result of the coordination of so many different interests (USA, IL, Gulf petro‐kingdoms, Turkey and takfirist groups from various countries), makes it more necessary than ever to remember that book.