Ok folks, one more time: Syrian regime is Baathist. That's a right-wing ideology close to fascism, since 2000 w some neoliberalism thrown in
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Replying to @davidgraeber
it is also, perhaps after North Korea, the most systematic practitioner of state-sanctioned torture, rape & murder on face of the planet.
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Replying to @davidgraeber
all of this was universally acknowledged before some Western powers started talking about regime change.
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Replying to @davidgraeber
Actually, it was not acknowledged when Bush was sending people to be politely interrogated there.
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Replying to @emptywheel
it was by all HR organisations & anyone on the left. Just some "leftists" turned 180º around when they became enemies again
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Replying to @davidgraeber
Which is another way of saying recognition of Assad's awfulnesses has long been a contingent thing.
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Replying to @emptywheel
you didn't see any but the real crazies making excuses for Assad until after 2011
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Replying to @davidgraeber
Except for those on the right who wanted to pretend that Bush hadn't deliberately sent people to him to be tortured.
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Replying to @emptywheel
no doubt you're right, I wasn't following them as closely
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Mostly it was legal institutions who pretended a certification that people would be treated well by Assad was not ridiculous
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