The United States is celebrating the collapse of the Syrian government that is now in the hands of al-Qaeda. You may wonder why the U.S. would fight al-Qaeda in Afghanistan for two decades and then celebrate them in Syria. You would be right to recognize that contradiction and forgiven for now knowing that the U.S. has been arming al-Qaeda’s spin-off the al-Nusra Front since the Obama administration.
Obama hid that from the American people by coming up with a clever name for al-Nusra. He called them “moderates.” A sort of diet soda version, if you will. But they were always al-Qaeda and now President Biden says that their rule in Syria is a “fundamental act of justice.”
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow for sanctuary this weekend. “His last instruction was the handover of power should be peaceful,” the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
al-Assad was the successor to his father Hafez Assad, who had ruled since 1963. His family has been the target of Washington ever since because they favored an Arab nationalist movement without the influence of U.S. banks, investors and corporations. An important read on the subject is Stephen Gowan’s 2017 book, “Washington’s Long War on Syria.” It seems like they got their way, to the detriment of the Syrian people who now live under al-Queda.
Some Syrian people will live under Israeli rule, however. According to the Financial Times, “Defence minister Israel Katz on Monday said the country’s military was continuing to seize ‘high ground’ inside Syria after the toppling of the government.”
