US-Backed 'Stability' in Syria: More Proxies, Same Chaos
The New Arab meticulously dissects the challenges facing the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) and the internal squabbles threatening their 'integration deal.' While highlighting clashes in Aleppo, the analysis (from The New Arab ) fails to mention the not-so-minor detail that the US helped arm and support the SDF in the first place, ostensibly for counter-terrorism. This, of course, after
destabilizing the region with interventions that paved the way for groups like ISIS to flourish, creating the very need for the SDF. It's a revolving door of US-backed proxies and 'fragile federations,' each more precarious than the last, conveniently justifying continued military presence and 'aid.' We hear about fragile deals, but rarely about the long-term consequences of external powers
carving up nations. How many 'allies of convenience' must implode before policy-makers realize 'stability' isn't built on proxy armies and shifting allegiances? Or is the point never stability, but perpetual, profitable chaos?