• AItoothbrush@lemmy.zip
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    18 days ago

    Ahh i get it. But ive never heard a single person say assad was good for the left. Probably the tankies and the us left.

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      17 days ago

      The tankie communities are definitely seeing the fall of Assad as a very bad thing. I was surprised at first, but then not surprised that they’d be supportive of dictator that aligns with Russia.

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        17 days ago

        The tankie communities are definitely seeing the fall of Assad as a very bad thing.

        Yeah. It’s bad that Assad has fallen to woke ISIS. How can you say this is a good thing for Syria? It just means more war and division for the region.

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          17 days ago

          It’s a double edged sword. Assad gone is a good thing, however it remains to be seen that it’s a good thing for the people of Syria, only time will tell. But you can’t cling onto a shitty dictator on the off chance that things might be worse. The people of Syria certainly seem to be happy about it.

          From the Tankie perspective, they couldn’t give a flying fuck about the people of Syria, only what it means for the “unity” of anti-US aligned countries such as Iran & Russia.

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            17 days ago

            Assad gone is a good thing

            Why?

            however it remains to be seen that it’s a good thing for the people of Syria,

            Assad being gone would only be a good thing, if it was good for the people of Syria.

            From the Tankie perspective, they couldn’t give a flying fuck about the people of Syria

            Strawman

            only what it means for the “unity” of anti-US aligned countries such as Iran & Russia.

            Yeah, the weakening of the axis of resistance is probably a bad thing for the future of the middle east.

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              17 days ago

              Why?

              You’re asking why a dictator who uses chemical weapons on people being removed is a good thing?

              Strawman

              I was basing it on threads I saw on Lemmygrad and Hexbear. Their only concern is about the impact is has on Russia, Iran & China.

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                17 days ago

                You’re asking why a dictator who uses chemical weapons on people being removed is a good thing?

                Yes. How will this lead to a better outcome for Syria? I don’t really see anyway how it can.

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                17 days ago

                You’re asking why a dictator who uses chemical weapons on people being removed is a good thing?

                I’m asking how is it a good thing when the replacement is ISIS. The brave mujaheddins of Afghanistan all over again.