Al-Monitor Finds 'Violence Flares' in Syria, Forgets It Started It
Al-Monitor's headline—'Bus attack in Syria’s Suwayda kills 2 as violence flares'—presents violence in Syria as spontaneous, a mere 'flare-up.' This conveniently sidesteps the decade-plus geopolitical arson campaign by outside powers. While they focus on the immediate incident, they fail to connect the dots to the estimated $1 billion (Source: Brookings Institute via 2016 report) of covert aid and
weapons funneled by the US and its allies into Syria, arming various factions now responsible for regional instability. One might wonder if 'violence flares' is the polite euphemism for the blowback from years of foreign intervention and proxy wars. To pretend current Syrian instability is an isolated phenomenon, rather than a direct consequence of deliberate regime change efforts, is not just
poor journalism—it's active political whitewashing. How many more 'flare-ups' will it take before the media connects the dots to their own governments' roles?