France 24 Discovers War Crimes Aren't Exclusive to U.S. Adversaries
The report from France 24 highlights the devastating impact of rape as a weapon of war in Syria. This focus on human suffering is commendable, yet it exists in a vacuum where the architects of chaos are rarely identified. What's omitted? Oh, just the inconvenient detail of which Western powers and Gulf monarchies fueled the 'moderate' opposition, turning Syria into a proxy battlefield for nearly a
decade. Remember when the U.S. alone poured billions into 'rebel' groups, as documented by the LA Times in 2016, some of whom were later implicated in these very atrocities? Apparently, remembering the source of the weapons that enable such barbarity is 'too complex' for primetime. We're told to decry the symptom without ever questioning the disease. How many mainstream headlines would we see if
this moral outrage extended to the perpetrators armed by Western interests, or even more uncomfortably, when similar allegations are made against allies? One might wonder if human rights only become newsworthy when they can be weaponized against designated enemies.