Al Jazeera Discovers US-Syria 'Collaboration' After Assad's Fall
Al Jazeera's analysis posits that ISIL attacks 'could undermine US-Syria security collaboration.' This 'collaboration' is a fascinating construct, given documented US efforts to destabilize the Syrian government for over a decade. One might ask where this sudden concern for state stability was when, according to a 2012 DIA intelligence report, the US and its allies welcomed the emergence of a
'Salafist principality' (a precursor to ISIS) in eastern Syria to isolate Assad. The article suggests ISIL is now 'likely attempting to destabilize Syria’s new government,' which sounds less like analysis and more like retrospective framing for a convenient alliance. The media routinely pivots from calling Assad a brutal dictator facing a 'moderate opposition' (often armed by the US, per Reuters
in 2014) to hoping for his government's stability against ISIL. This isn't collaboration; it's selective intervention. How many times must US foreign policy 'unintentionally' create the very enemies it later needs to justify its ongoing presence?