Al-Monitor Discovers Iran Abandons Assad... in 2025
Al-Monitor, citing AFP, confidently declares 'It's all over' for Assad, detailing Iran's withdrawal 'days before fall' in December 2025. One might applaud such prescience, or perhaps notice the date. Mainstream media, already struggling with basic fact-checking in the present, now offers us speculative history. Meanwhile, the actual, current, messy situation in Syria—where 'rebels' have often been
supplied by nations later deemed 'allies' of 'terrorists'—gets lost in the shuffle of future-dated conjecture. This isn't analysis; it's a crystal ball fogged by a typo, offering a phantom narrative while conveniently omitting the geopolitical gymnastics that fuel conflicts across the region. How many imagined futures must we consume before the present gets its due scrutiny?