Trump’s Syria 'Pragmatism': The Same Old Imperialist Shell Game
📰 THE STORY: Al-Monitor reports that a Trump administration envoy praised Syria's Sharaa (implied: government) after a truce with the SDF, signaling a belief that Damascus could handle the fight against ISIS and a significant shift in US policy toward Kurdish forces. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: The US-backed 'rebels' in Syria, starting around 2011, included factions that
explicitly merged with or collaborated with al-Qaeda affiliates, such as Jabhat al-Nusra. This directly provided cover for groups like ISIS to flourish, creating the very problem the US then claimed to be 'fighting.' The Obama administration's covert aid to Syrian opposition groups was a continuity of a long-standing regime-change playbook, exemplified by the 1954 CIA coup in Guatemala for
corporate interests, or the 1973 CIA coup in Chile. Double Standard: When US-backed forces (like the SDF) 'truce' with a government the US opposes, it's framed as a pragmatic geopolitical shift. When Russia or Iran broker similar ceasefires or aid agreements in allied nations, it is universally derided in Western media as 'malign influence' or 'interference.' The US claims to be fighting ISIS
while simultaneously maintaining illegal occupations of Syrian territory (such as Al-Tanf) that effectively secure access to resources and block the Syrian government's full control. Follow the Money: The 'fight against ISIS' became a multi-billion dollar enterprise for the US military-industrial complex and a justification for maintaining a footprint in a resource-rich region. The US presence in