Turkey’s Syrian policy is entirely wrong. There is no need to open the black box of the jet, since there is an immense number of documents and evidences about the crimes of Erdoğan and his friends. They armed and financially supported the forces mobilized to topple down Assad administration in Syria. They have already accepted it. We call these forces „terrorists“ whereas they call them „freedom fighters“. Russian jet was shot down not to secure Turkey but to secure those forces. There is more… The action serves the goal to keep the NATO-Russia tension heated. There is nothing to justify in this.
When I say that communists are concerned with the wrongness, illegitimacy of the basis I did not mean that we close our eyes to the concrete developments. From the start of the Syrian crisis, our party stood against the dirty war against Syria carried out by the USA, Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Israel and other countries. We did not do that to support Assad, but to take a stand against the imperialist aggression. It is clear that Assad has a positive role in strengthening the resistance in Syria. We do not have the intention to tar everyone in the same brush. But we know that what is happening in Syria today is also a result of the policies of Assad government. It was the same Assad who had opened the country to liberalization and strived to develop good relations with the Western imperialists before the internal conflicts began.
Since Marx, communists adopted a principle when determining their position on international matters: what do the interests of the world revolution necessitate? Today, there is not a world revolution on the rise, but the historical interests of it still exist. These interests require the failure of the imperialist aggression against Syria. Assad is already an actor and is accountable for his people, so I skip that. But opposing Iran and Russia for their taking side with the Syrian resistance even if they do it according to their interests is not reasonable for communists. Yet we must keep in mind that what Russia and some other regional powers do only helps the people of the region gain some time. The working class and the revolutionary movements are weak in the Middle East. And there will be more suffering unless they get stronger. Today there is not harmony but competition and conflict in the capitalist world. Clash of interests is deepening even between the seemingly allied countries. Relations between the USA, Germany, France and Britain are fragile. It is absurd to mention of an absolute partnership between Russia and People’s Republic of China. The world is open to new developments. An escalating competition between monopolies merely means new wars, occupations, and military interventions. What communists have to do under such circumstances is to raise the struggle against the bourgeois governments in their countries in order both to prevent the war and to fulfill their historical responsibilities. This is valid for Turkey, for Russia, for Greece and so forth. Let us not forget that what lies behind ethnic and sectarian violence today is the enormous clashes regarding energy sector and working class has no place in that!
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