tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639993681285476875.post8704276440792298609..comments2024-03-12T17:52:01.234-07:00Comments on Linux Beach: "Well, what about the barrel bombings that kill thousands?"Linux Beachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359697432337570913noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1639993681285476875.post-12530857079891341682015-11-28T21:24:08.594-08:002015-11-28T21:24:08.594-08:00Tremendously important research into the backgroun...Tremendously important research into the backgrounds of countless ISIS recruits as well as others traveling to fight but not for ISIS. Essential for the left to understand these things, to demystify ISIS, if it is ever to defeat Daesh by being an alternative pole of attraction for those inspired by internationalist ideals. as you suggest. Unfortunately I can't see that happening any time soon; if not the ridiculously pro-Assad left, it is more the dreadful Tariq Ali, UK Stop the War, type of "left" that remains dominant, which means despair, frankly. All the more so since the important revolutionary left governments of Latin America - whose presence on the world scene could actually make a difference - are now essentially irrelevant to the Mideast due to their dreadful position on these issues (which may not alter their the fact that they are still doing great things in Latin America, but for exactly this reason they are grand opportunity wasted for offering left leadership in the Mideast). Michael Karadjishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10585990229556349122noreply@blogger.com