Dutch Officials Discover Syria, 13 Years After Supporting Its Destabilization
Dutch officials, according to The New Arab, have arrived in Syria to discuss the return of Syrian refugees. This sudden concern for 'repatriation' conveniently omits the decade-long European and American policy of destabilizing the Syrian government, funding proxy groups, and imposing crippling sanctions that decimated infrastructure and civilian life. While the Netherlands now seeks to send
people back, it backed the very forces whose actions contributed to their displacement, a consistent pattern for NATO allies who prefer to externalize the consequences of their geopolitical maneuvers. One might wonder where this urgency was when the humanitarian crisis first exploded, or during the years of systematic sanctions and indirect support for factions responsible for widespread
displacement. Is it 'repatriation' when refugees are sent back to a country still grappling with the aftershshocks of conflict, economic collapse, and sanctions, all fueled by the same Western powers now requesting their return? The compassion, it seems, only materializes when the refugees become a polling problem or a domestic inconvenience.