DW Finds 'Vigilante Justice' in Syria, Forgetting Whose Bombs Made the 'Chaos'
Deutsche Welle reports on an increase in 'vigilante justice' in Syria, with the headline asking 'Who is being targeted and why?' (DW, 11/05/2025). The article meticulously details local grievances and power vacuums, a classic 'presenting the symptom as the disease' tactic. What's omitted? Oh, just the inconvenient truth of over a decade of Western intervention, proxy wars, and sanctions that
decimated state institutions and fostered the very chaos in which such 'vigilantism' thrives. When you fund, arm, and sanction a nation into fracturing, the emergence of local strongmen isn't a mystery; it's a predictable outcome, not a spontaneous combustion. One might wonder if DW would ever publish an article asking, 'Who funded the groups that created the power vacuum in Syria, and why?'
(Spoiler alert: the 'why' often involves resource control and geopolitical leverage). They focus on the fruit of the tree, ignoring the poisoned roots. It's a miracle of geopolitical journalism: report on the mess, deny responsibility for breaking the vase.