For Syria's military victory
against any imperialist attack!
International Statement by those unconditionally
opposed to this Imperialist attack: Hands off Syria!
Liaison Committee for the Fourth International - LCFI
28 August
2013
We oppose
unconditionally the imperialist attack on Syria and are for its defeat. The
fundamental task of the hour for all serious socialists and anti-Imperialists
internationally is to defend the national sovereignty of Syria against this
Imperialist attack which is launched with Zionist assistance (a big Israeli
military delegation is in Washington right now discussing with Susan Rice) in
order to assist their allies, the Free Syrian Army and the various al Qaeda
rebels of the Al-Nusra Front etc. There are no revolutionary socialists or
anti-Imperialists fighting Assad in Syria, talk of what might have been is to
support a phantom revolutionary army in the face of the very obvious reality of
this Imperialist war of aggression.
We have
every reason to suspect that Sarin and mustard gas (the same as used by the
U.S. in Vietnam) which killed hundreds of people was more the work of
imperialist terrorism in the region. Obama and the imperialist mass media are
seeking to ascribe the blame to the Syrian government and are using this to
justify the attack. And the same pro-imperialist forces, this time the KLA,
fabricated a bogus tale of the Račak Massacre in Kosovo in 1999 (all the dead
were KLA fighters) [1] to justify the bombing of Yugoslavia, just exactly as
they are probably doing now with their Sarin gas “red line” and the Weapons of
Mass Destruction lies used to justify invading Iraq in 2003 and the Gulf of
Tonkin incident in 1964 used to justify the war in Vietnam. [2] It is also
reminiscent of the Gleiwitz incident a staged attack by Nazi forces posing as
Poles on 31 August 1939, against the German radio station Sender Gleiwitz in
Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, Germany (since 1945: Gliwice, Poland) on the eve of
World War II in Europe. This was used to justify the invasion of Poland in
1939. [3]
Nos opomos incondicionalmente ao ataque imperialista contra
a Síria e lutamos por sua derrota. A tarefa fundamental deste momento para
todos os verdadeiros socialistas e anti-imperialistas é defender a soberania
nacional da Síria contra este ataque imperialista. Ofensiva que é lançada com
apoio de Israel e de outros aliados dos EUA na guerra contra Damasco, como o
“Exército Livre Sírio” (FSA) e os vários grupos “rebeldes”, Al Qaeda, Frente
Al-Nusra, etc. Não há socialistas revolucionários e anti-imperialistas
combatendo Assad na Síria hoje. Falar disso é fantasiar sobre um suposto
exército revolucionário fantasma diante da óbvia realidade do que está em jogo
nessa guerra.
