Trump pulled the troops while at the same time giving the green light to Turkey to invade…
By: Paul Magee Berry
Tags: Syria, War, Trump Administration, Green, Us Military

Trump pulled the troops while at the same time giving the green light to Turkey to invade… Paul Magee Berry May 5, 2020·5 min read

President Trump just withdrew US troops from Syria. It’s an historic move — here’s what you need to know.

The US has a long history of meddling in Syrian affairs. Since the 1950s, the CIA has attempted multiple coups in Syria. It’s because Syria is situated at the epicenter of the Middle East, and the Middle East is home to half the world’s oil reserves. The BigBanks want to control the sale of all that oil, because the value of the US dollar is based on global oil sales in US dollars.

It’s called the Petrodollar system. And for decades, the US military and CIA have been used to force oil producing nations to sell their oil in US dollars. Those that have refused include Iraq, Libya, Iran, Venezuela, and Syria.

The US has already toppled the governments of Iraq and Libya- and installed puppet regimes in those countries. And Iran, Venezuela and Syria are still in the crosshairs…

In 2011, there was a series of anti-government protests in countries across North Africa and the Middle East. It was called the Arab Spring uprising. The protests began in response to oppressive regimes in the region, including the authoritarian government in Syria– it’s been run by the Assad family since the early 1970s.

While protesters marched in the streets, the CIA used the opportunity to stage a military coup in one of the major cities in Syria– the city of Aleppo. The CIA recruited mercenaries for the takeover of Aleppo, including terrorists from Al-Qaeda and ISIS. The locals there said, “First they stole everything, then they burned everything..”

The Syrian Army tried to take back Aleppo from the US-backed terrorists, but it failed early on. By 2012, thousands more terrorists from Al-Qaeda and ISIS had entered Syria. 100s of thousands of Syrian civilians were killed, and millions fled the country.

Of course, the US corporate media blamed all the bloodshed and chaos on Syria’s President Assad, and certainly he deserved due blame. But the CIA’s role was never mentioned…

Amidst all the chaos, a group of Syrian Kurds took control of an area in North East Syria called Rojava. The Kurdish People are indigenous to a mountainous region that spans Northeast Syria, Southern Turkey, and Northern Iran and Iraq. When the Western Allies carved up the Middle East after WWI, the Kurds were promised their own nation-state, but the West later reneged on the deal.

So the Kurds are hoping their project in Rojava can be a permanent one; but they have not declared independence from Syria. In fact, the Syrian government has provided jobs and public services for the Kurds in Rojava- and the Kurds have protected Syria’s northeast border from further insurgency by US-backed ISIS terrorists. And here’s where it gets confusing– the US has also supported the Kurds in their fight against ISIS…

It’s a classic imperialist strategy of divide-and-rule: “the US backs Al-Qaeda and ISIS terrorists to invade Syria. And at the same time, the US backs the Syrian Kurds to fight back ISIS, while the Kurds carve out a section of Syria for themselves. The US troops that Trump just withdrew were there to protect the Kurds while they carved out their Rojava project in Northeast Syria.

However confusing it may seem, a weak and divided Syria is the US goal. But the US strategy has backfired — Assad remains in power. And the Kurds have remained neutral between the US and Syrian government. Their Rojava project does not seek independence from Syria; just an autonomous territory within Syria but still cooperative with the Syrian government. It’s sorta like the Native American Reservations in the US, where each Reservation has autonomous local rule- with local councils that settle their own disputes, and organize their own schools, policing, and cooperative enterprises.

The Kurds call their new system “democratic confederalism”; it’s a radical departure from the traditional hierarchical and patriarchal systems in the region. It’s a communally organized democracy based on women’s liberation and deep-reaching ecological policies. And it’s fiercely anti-capitalist…

Dissent Magazine (@DissentMag) says it’s “one of the most radically progressive societies on the planet today. Western visitors have been astounded by the Kurd’s success in Rojava.” So when President Trump announced the withdrawal of US troops from the area, and– at the same time– gave the green light for Turkish troops to enter, his announcement was met with grave concern from the Left.

The Turkish administration is loyal to the US-led Corporatocracy, but Turkish President Erdogan hates the Kurds. Turkey has been hosting millions of Syrian refugees since the chaos escalated in 2012, including Syrian-Kurds. And he wants the Kurds out of his country.

With Trump’s “greenlight”, Turkey plans to invade Syria by the North to create passage for the forced-return of Kurdish refugees. Many observers are concerned that there’s an unspoken agreement between Trump and Erdogan to destroy the anti-capitalist, communal democracy that the Kurds have built in Rojava.

By the time we published this article, the Kurds in Rojava had reached an agreement with the Syrian government to send military reinforcements to defend against the Turks. And within hours, Russian forces, friendly to the Syrian government arrived in the area.

What a bizarre and telling irony it would be if the Russians help Syria save Rojava’s fledgling democratic project after it was betrayed and abandoned by the US Corporatocracy…

We’ll keep an eye on the situation there and provide updates here on our website as events unfold.

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