Donor Fatigue Slows Syrian Returns; Geopolitical Whac-A-Mole Continues
The article notes 'more than 3 million Syrians have returned home since Assad was deposed,' a creative retelling of history considering Bashar al-Assad is still very much in power. This conveniently sidesteps 13 years of covert operations, proxy wars, and devastating sanctions that crippled Syria, not to mention a U.S. military presence that occupies oil-rich eastern Syria. The 'donor support'
isn't drying up; it's being redirected to fund the next endless conflict, like the one in Ukraine, or directly to Israel ($14.3 billion in latest aid package, HR 815), while the consequences of the last one languish. It appears the 'international community' only cares about humanitarian crises when they can point fingers at convenient villains, not when their own geopolitical chess moves blow up
entire nations. How many times must the U.S. 'liberate' a country into destitution before we question the liberators?