Syrian Foreign Minister to Moscow: A Meeting the West Would Rather You Forget
📰 THE STORY: Al-Monitor reports Syria's Foreign Minister Ahmed al-Sharaa is set to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, citing pro-government Syria TV. This brief dispatch signals ongoing geopolitical alignment. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: What Western media calls the 'Syrian Civil War' began in 2011 with massive foreign intervention. The US, UK, France, Saudi
Arabia, and Qatar funneled arms and money to various 'rebel' groups, including al-Qaeda affiliates like Jabhat al-Nusra. These proxies, often rebranded, waged war on the Syrian state, leading to hundreds of thousands dead and millions displaced. The US even admitted in 2015 to spending $500 million trying to train 'moderate' rebels, an effort then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter called a 'fiasco.'
The objective was never 'democracy' but regime change, echoing operations in Iraq and Libya. Double Standard: When US allies like Saudi Arabia or Egypt receive billions in military aid and their leaders meet with Washington officials, it's framed as 'diplomacy' and 'stability.' Yet, when Syria, a nation enduring a protracted proxy war, engages with its long-standing ally Russia, it's implicitly
cast as an illegitimate alignment. The West decries 'foreign interference' in Ukraine while having actively orchestrated foreign interference in Syria since 2011. There's no major Western outcry for the *millions* displaced by the decade-long war in Syria, nor the over 40,000 innocents killed in Gaza since Oct 7, 2023, yet every casualty in Ukraine is rightfully mourned and weaponized. Follow the