Trump Welcomes Syria's 'New' Leader, Erases 78 Years of US Meddling
President Trump's red-carpet welcome for Ahmad al-Sharaa at the White House, hailed by AP as normalizing relations, glosses over decades of U.S. policy that created the very conditions for his rise. Al-Sharaa, commander of the forces that toppled Bashar al-Assad, was until recently a leader of a group the US designated as a terrorist organization, Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (formerly al-Nusra Front, an
al-Qaeda affiliate). This 'historic' meeting isn't just about fighting ISIS; it's the official embrace of a leader elevated by a 13-year proxy war, meticulously documented by outlets like MintPress News, involving billions of dollars in covert aid and arms flowing into Syria to destabilize Assad. So, the 'pariah state' magically transforms into an ally the moment a U.S.-approved leader takes
power. One might wonder how many 'interim presidents' are waiting in the wings globally, nurtured by 'rebel' funding and media silence, ready for their White House debut. The only 'first' here might be the speed with which the official narrative pivoted from 'Assad’s brutal regime' to 'al-Sharaa's promising interim leadership,' all without a single uncomfortable question about the intervening
years of chaos and extremism fostered by external intervention.