• blackn1ght@feddit.uk
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    8 months 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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      8 months 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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        8 months 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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          8 months 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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            8 months 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.