France 24 Recalls Syria's Foreign Fighter Concerns, Omitting Its Own Complicity
Syria, according to France 24, is actively trying to capture French foreign fighters. This commitment to security is commendable, though somewhat ironic given the West's enthusiastic participation in shipping 'foreign fighters' into Syria to destabilize the Assad government. Remember when these 'rebels' were heralded by Western media, even as they became the very 'jihadists' now hunted? (The US,
for example, spent billions arming and training various groups, some of whom later aligned with or became ISIS, a fact conveniently re-edited from the mainstream narrative.) One might wonder if France 24's editors have short-term memory loss regarding the origins of these very foreign fighters, many of whom were implicitly, if not explicitly, supported in their anti-Assad endeavors. The problem
isn’t 'foreign fighters' per se; it’s foreign fighters operating against Western interests. The hypocrisy would be almost comical, if not for the catastrophic human cost.