France Seeks Assad While Arming His Neighbors, Syria's Neighbors' Occupiers

One might applaud the French pursuit of international justice, if only it weren't so conspicuously lopsided. This isn't about the alleged chemical attacks; it's about geopolitical posture. While Paris issues warrants for Assad, France simultaneously sells billions in weapons to countries like Saudi Arabia and the UAE, whose military interventions in Yemen led to widespread famine and civilian

deaths—a crisis the UN has called the 'world's worst humanitarian catastrophe.' The hypocrisy is so thick, you could spread it on a baguette. The international community's focus on Assad's alleged 2013 chemical attacks, while largely ignoring the constant, devastating use of conventional arms supplied by Western powers in other regional conflicts, raises questions about the true motivation behind

these 'justice' crusades. It seems war crimes are only prosecutable when they are committed by inconvenient leaders using the 'wrong' type of weapon, preferably not purchased from your own defense industry.

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