Surviving Capitalism (Not) : What is Erdogan's Game in Syria and Iraq?

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Tuesday, December 8, 2015

What is Erdogan's Game in Syria and Iraq?

Click here to access article by Pepe Escobar from Sputnik.

The actual evidence is not even discussed by Western corporate media. It's all dismissed as "Russia claims…" Yet not only Sultan Erdogan has been systematically unmasked as a serial liar; the accumulating evidence points to Ankara both as an indirect ally and shady sponsor of the fake "Caliphate".

Whatever the Atlanticists can come up with to "excuse" the Erdogan system, at least the devastating PR debacle for the "democratic West" is now a fact of life all across the Global South.

At the same time an elaborate shadow play is in progress.

This independent Brazilian journalist provides a closer view of what has been recently happening in Syria and Iraq and the complicated geopolitical games the various players are engaged in. His take on Russian power in the area is much more positive than what "The Saker" has reported.

Other good articles from independent sources trying to understand what is happening in this area are this, this, and this.