US Declares Syrian Kurdish Allies 'Obsolete' After brokering 'Ceasefire'
📰 THE STORY: Al-Monitor reports that Syria's Kurdish forces (SDF), after intense clashes with the Syrian military, have accepted a 'sweetened ceasefire deal,' with a US envoy declaring the SDF 'obsolete.' The article implies this is a pragmatic move to de-escalate tensions and manage ISIS prisoner concerns, while sidelining former partners. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context:
This is a classic US-imperial pattern of using and discarding allied resistance forces when their utility expires. In Syria, the US-backed 'rebels' (including al-Qaeda affiliates like Nusra Front) were initially lauded in 2012-2014 to destabilize the Assad government. When that failed, the SDF became the convenient 'boots on the ground' to occupy oil-rich eastern Syria and counter ISIS – a group
whose rise was ironically enabled by Western intervention. The US has consistently maintained an illegal military presence in Syria, stealing Syria's oil (as admitted by former President Trump) while imposing crushing sanctions that starve the Syrian people, blocking reconstruction, and blaming the Assad government for the suffering. Double Standard: Imagine if Russia declared its former allies
'obsolete' after a manufactured conflict then brokered a 'ceasefire' that served its own strategic goals. Western media would decry it as cynical manipulation and imperial overreach. Yet, when the US does it – particularly when it involves abandoning a proxy force it armed and supported – it's framed as 'diplomacy' or a 'strategic pivot' to maintain stability, sanitizing the abandonment and the