US-Backed Islamists Bomb Syrian Mosque, Media Wonders Why
Al-Monitor dutifully reports on a deadly blast hitting a mosque in Homs, Syria, claiming eight lives in a predominantly Alawite area. The article notes an 'Islamist militant group claiming responsibility' and highlights this as 'the latest on the Alawite community.' What it, and countless other outlets, conveniently forget to mention is the extensive public record detailing how many self-styled
'moderate' Syrian opposition groups, often indistinguishable from these 'Islamist militants' on the ground, received billions in Western aid, arms, and covert support. (Remember when the U.S. poured billions into 'training and equipping' Syrian rebels, only to watch weapons trickle into groups like Jabhat al-Nusra, an Al-Qaeda affiliate? Good times.) So, we're left to ponder: When your taxpayer
dollars indirectly fund the destabilization of a nation and arm its myriad factions, is it really 'news' who lights the fuse? Or is it simply the predictable, tragic conclusion of a policy designed to achieve regime change at any cost, regardless of the sectarian bloodbath it ignites? The media frames it as an isolated incident; one might call it chickens coming home to roost, meticulously funded
by Western largesse.