Nasser Kandil wrote:     Al Ghouta is not versus for Afrin  

• Some people circulate an equation that the winning of the Syrian army in Ghouta is versus the entry of the Turkish occupation to Afrin through talking about Russian-Turkish barter entitled Al Ghouta versus Afrin.

• The goal of this campaign is to underestimate the value of the victories achieved by Syria and its army along with its allies after hard military efforts and enormous sacrifices that cannot be ignored, Al Ghouta has been liberated by force not by political deal, furthermore the armed groups and those who are with them have done everything in order to prevent this victory, until yesterday they were indicating to US strikes to encourage the collapsed groups under the blows of the Syrian army.

• Concerning the Turkish occupation of Afrin neither Syria nor Russia have what can be offered politically, because the military decision there is for the Kurdish groups which decided to withdraw without fighting under the slogan of the protection of the civilians and the preparation for a new stage of war which the coming days will reveal its validity.

• As for the question about why Syria and Russia did not intervene to prevent the occupation of Afrin, the answer is that the Kurdish groups did not reach to the conviction to ally with the Syrian state away from the illusions of secession and the bet of the US occupation. Its demand was to make Syria and Russia fight to support a team that deals with NATO at the expense of a member in the NATO, where the Syrian geography in Afrin in both cases will be under the NATO’s flag not the Syrian one.

• If the Kurdish groups fought in Afrin, they would find the support of the Syrian state which will be biased to it patriotism at the expense of the illusion of secession and the bet on the occupation. According to the Syrian patriotism the American and the Turkish are occupiers and if the Kurdish groups returned to fight as they said, they would receive the necessary support.

• Afrin under the Syrian flag worth the sacrifices, however its transition from a sub-flag of NATO to another sub-flag is not a Syrian national issue, as its making a part of separatist project canton or a part of separatist project is not a Syrian national issue, but its inclusion within the concept of the united Syria is the issue.

2018-03-20 | عدد القراءات 2481