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"I think we (as in 'the anti-imperialist camp') need to chillax a little bit with the Syria doom and gloom.
First of all, we need to remember we are drenched and drowning in Western propaganda, including in Arabic, including from authentic-looking accounts. Syria grief and despair is their goal, and they are working to achieve it nonstop. It is a big part of the strategy.
We are in a media and consciousness environment created by and for imperialism. We need to remember this.
Now I'm not claiming things are nice in any way, but what we are seeing is orderly retreat and not chaos and disintegration.
This means there is a functioning central Syrian command, and there is discipline.
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Additionally, remember this: you do not occupy a country the size of Syria with 50,000 men. You can have a blitzkrieg and storm through some places, but it is a whole different thing from maintaining authority and overcoming pockets of resistance and infiltration and preparing for counter-offensives, not to mention managing daily life challenges.
Also: a city taken in 2-3 days by one side can be taken in a few days by the other side. No one has superpowers.
The perception of unstoppability and historic momentum is psychological warfare. It is manufactured by propaganda. Don't participate in it.
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I have no idea where this is going, and neither do you. The taking of cities needs to be put in perspective. This is not the Middle Ages, and this is not Ukraine, too. There is no one major accepted command for Western Islamists; they are not the Russian army.
Can Western mercenaries maintain governance and create defense? We have no idea. Is there strategic thought behind SAA's conduct? We don't know.
What Iran and Russia are going to do, or doing behind the scenes, we don't know (we do know that if they don't act in a serious way it's going to be virtually impossible for Syria to contain this).
The intention of this attack was clearly to wash over much of Syria and overwhelm Syrian forces into mental collapse and surrender. But if this momentum stalls or gets disrupted, this becomes a whole different game.
So don't become willing victims of CIA psyop.
Not knowing what's about to happen, or what's really happening, I suggest keeping some of the doom and gloom for final results, if things indeed go that way.
But don't give in just yet. Hamas still fights Israel. No one has the luxury of despair. Not now, and not ever."
Alon Mizrahi @VanessaBeeley
"I think we (as in 'the anti-imperialist camp') need to chillax a little bit with the Syria doom and gloom.
First of all, we need to remember we are drenched and drowning in Western propaganda, including in Arabic, including from authentic-looking accounts. Syria grief and despair is their goal, and they are working to achieve it nonstop. It is a big part of the strategy.
We are in a media and consciousness environment created by and for imperialism. We need to remember this.
Now I'm not claiming things are nice in any way, but what we are seeing is orderly retreat and not chaos and disintegration.
This means there is a functioning central Syrian command, and there is discipline.
-
Additionally, remember this: you do not occupy a country the size of Syria with 50,000 men. You can have a blitzkrieg and storm through some places, but it is a whole different thing from maintaining authority and overcoming pockets of resistance and infiltration and preparing for counter-offensives, not to mention managing daily life challenges.
Also: a city taken in 2-3 days by one side can be taken in a few days by the other side. No one has superpowers.
The perception of unstoppability and historic momentum is psychological warfare. It is manufactured by propaganda. Don't participate in it.
-
I have no idea where this is going, and neither do you. The taking of cities needs to be put in perspective. This is not the Middle Ages, and this is not Ukraine, too. There is no one major accepted command for Western Islamists; they are not the Russian army.
Can Western mercenaries maintain governance and create defense? We have no idea. Is there strategic thought behind SAA's conduct? We don't know.
What Iran and Russia are going to do, or doing behind the scenes, we don't know (we do know that if they don't act in a serious way it's going to be virtually impossible for Syria to contain this).
The intention of this attack was clearly to wash over much of Syria and overwhelm Syrian forces into mental collapse and surrender. But if this momentum stalls or gets disrupted, this becomes a whole different game.
So don't become willing victims of CIA psyop.
Not knowing what's about to happen, or what's really happening, I suggest keeping some of the doom and gloom for final results, if things indeed go that way.
But don't give in just yet. Hamas still fights Israel. No one has the luxury of despair. Not now, and not ever."
Alon Mizrahi @VanessaBeeley
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