- 07 Oct 2017 23:14
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@Ter
The first link doesn't mention ethnic cleansing at all. All it does is mention US intervention on behalf of Rojava, not Rojava directly bombing Raqqa, and blame it on Rojava:
Then the rest of the article is simply empty assertions with no evidence behind it:
The author has provided no evidence that Rojava does promote institutional racism against Arab minorities. Yes there is discrimination but certainly isn't at the level of ethnic cleansing the entirety of Rojava's Arab population.
Furthermore, the author is a Syrian Arab Republic sympathizer and has fervently opposed Rojava before because of his perceived belief that Rojava wishes to "balkanize" Syria despite the fact that Rojava held a referendum on whether or not to stay in Syria once Rojava is established and everyone unanimously agreed to stay, both Kurds and Arabs. The author has a clear bias and does not provide any other evidence to support his claims.
The rest of the article is just about claiming that Rojava wishes to be "another Israel" which is also unsupported and has no evidence to back itself up.
The second article is exactly the same as the other one, it even was made by the same author!
The third article is in fact a legitimate concern but does not indicate that there is any widespread ethnic cleansing happening within Rojava. Yes, Rojava commits war crimes and I condone them for that. Yes, minorities, both Arab and otherwise are also discriminated, just like in Europe and the West. But there is no proof that Rojava intends to ethnically cleanse anything at all. You still have no provided any solid proof for this.
All you have provided is an article claiming that US intervention is Rojava's fault and a list of displaced villagers that weren't displaced due to being Arabs but due to being ISIS sympathizers. Do I agree with this? No. But I do not find it as proof that Rojava is intentionally racist or supports the eviction of all Arabs.
The first link doesn't mention ethnic cleansing at all. All it does is mention US intervention on behalf of Rojava, not Rojava directly bombing Raqqa, and blame it on Rojava:
Taking into account the logical limits of what’s being referred to when I talk about the “Kurds”, it’s now time to take a closer look at their role in the US’ Raqqa campaign. Reports have come out that the US is supporting the SDF-YPG through the illegal use of white phosphorus, which is a banned chemical weapon. Combined with the heavy and indiscriminate airstrikes being carried out against the city, 160,000 civilians have been forced to become refugees and flee their homes as internally displaced people. This works out to more than half of the city’s pre-war population of 220,000, and it confirms what independent journalist and associate editor at 21stcenturywire.com Vanessa Beeley told RT just recently about how the US is making no attempt whatsoever to protect civilians. In fact, it can be cynically suggested, the large-scale population exodus taking place in Raqqa is actually a deliberate ethnic cleansing of the majority-Arab population of the city on a much larger scale than any of the similar crimes that the Kurds have been accused of before.
Then the rest of the article is simply empty assertions with no evidence behind it:
It’s extremely doubtful to imagine that Arabs of any political disposition would rather live in a Kurdish-dominated statelet as second-class citizens than as equal ones within the Syrian Arab Republic, so the chances of the Kurds peacefully annexing Raqqa into their “federation” via a plebiscite are close to nil. However, if the Arabs were forced out of their homes due to egregious war crimes by the US such as indiscriminate bombing and the widespread use of chemical weapons, then it becomes much easier to “hack the vote” and create a public/international pretense of “legitimacy”.
The author has provided no evidence that Rojava does promote institutional racism against Arab minorities. Yes there is discrimination but certainly isn't at the level of ethnic cleansing the entirety of Rojava's Arab population.
Furthermore, the author is a Syrian Arab Republic sympathizer and has fervently opposed Rojava before because of his perceived belief that Rojava wishes to "balkanize" Syria despite the fact that Rojava held a referendum on whether or not to stay in Syria once Rojava is established and everyone unanimously agreed to stay, both Kurds and Arabs. The author has a clear bias and does not provide any other evidence to support his claims.
The rest of the article is just about claiming that Rojava wishes to be "another Israel" which is also unsupported and has no evidence to back itself up.
The second article is exactly the same as the other one, it even was made by the same author!
The third article is in fact a legitimate concern but does not indicate that there is any widespread ethnic cleansing happening within Rojava. Yes, Rojava commits war crimes and I condone them for that. Yes, minorities, both Arab and otherwise are also discriminated, just like in Europe and the West. But there is no proof that Rojava intends to ethnically cleanse anything at all. You still have no provided any solid proof for this.
All you have provided is an article claiming that US intervention is Rojava's fault and a list of displaced villagers that weren't displaced due to being Arabs but due to being ISIS sympathizers. Do I agree with this? No. But I do not find it as proof that Rojava is intentionally racist or supports the eviction of all Arabs.