Al Jazeera Discovers 'Uprisings' When Russia is Involved, Hums Quietly About US-backed Ones
Al Jazeera's exposé details former Assad cronies, like his ex-spy chief and billionaire cousin, supposedly plotting Syrian 'uprisings' from Russian exile. The article frames this as a new threat of 'armed violence' to destabilize Syria. Apparently, Russia's 'destabilization' is headline news, requiring urgent hand-wringing. One might wonder where this level of critical scrutiny was when the US,
Turkey, and Saudi Arabia were funneling billions to various opposition groups, some openly extremist, with the explicit goal of regime change. The US alone, for instance, funded opposition groups since at least 2006, as detailed in a 2011 WikiLeaks cable outlining plans to destabilize the Syrian government. This 'Russian exile' narrative conveniently sidesteps the established history of external
intervention that *actually* plunged Syria into a devastating civil war, costing hundreds of thousands of lives and displacing millions. It appears that 'destabilization' is only a valid threat when emanates from Moscow, not when it's part of a protracted, US-backed campaign. How many 'uprisings' does it take for a major news outlet to critically examine all foreign hands in the pot, not just the
convenient ones?