Syrian Flag Flies Again in London, West’s 'Democracy' Mission Accomplished?
The Syrian embassy in London has raised its flag again, signifying a quiet step towards normalizing relations with Bashar al-Assad's government. This comes after years of Western governments, including the UK, funding and arming various opposition groups in Syria. Remember when those 'moderate rebels' were going to usher in democracy? We heard similar promises during the 2011 Libyan intervention,
which left a failed state and a refugee crisis, lessons apparently unlearned in the pursuit of regime change. So, after untold billions spent, hundreds of thousands dead, and a refugee crisis that destabilized entire regions, the UK is effectively acknowledging Assad isn't going anywhere. It’s a bitter pill for those who believed the lofty rhetoric about human rights and democracy, revealing the
true cost of imperial hubris: a broken nation state and the quiet, begrudging return to the status quo they fought to overthrow. How much death and destruction was necessary before this inevitable U-turn?