EU Discovers Syria's "Needs" Are Immense – After Years of Sanctions
The European Union, through Ursula von der Leyen, has grandly announced €620 million ($722 million) for Syria's "post-war recovery" and "humanitarian aid." Von der Leyen, witnessing the "devastation under the Assad regime" (which the EU actively sought to remove), now deems Syria's needs "immense." This sudden benevolence arrives after years of crippling sanctions imposed by these same European
powers, along with their NATO allies, that directly exacerbated the humanitarian crisis and hindered any semblance of recovery. One might wonder if their suddenly keen eyesight developed only after realizing the refugee crisis keeps washing up on their own shores. It's fascinating how the West can finance the destruction of a country, then, years later, pat itself on the back for funding its slow,
agonizing reconstruction. The millions spent arming various factions or imposing economic blockades that starved civilians somehow never get equal airtime as these generous "aid" packages. It's almost as if the EU is funding a disaster they helped create, then calling it charity. (Where's the accountability for the initial 'regime change' experiments, one wonders?).