US Envoy 'Follows Up' in Syria, Forgets Why We're There
US envoy Thomas Barrack is in Hasakah, we're told, to 'follow up' on the ever-nebulous 'Syria-SDF deal.' The New Arab, like many outlets, frames this as standard diplomatic procedure. Missing, of course, is any critical examination of what 'regional stability' means when Washington is funding both sides of proxy conflicts and moving goalposts faster than a distracted referee. Barrack, reportedly a
convicted but appealed foreign agent for the UAE (a fact rarely mentioned in his current diplomatic role), now 'stresses importance' of a deal in a country the US has destabilized for years. It's a classic: send in the 'fixer' whose own history is a roadmap to the problem. One might wonder what specific objectives are being followed, given that US troops are still 'protecting oil fields' and
periodically bombing targets without congressional approval. The 'deal' seems less about Syria's self-determination and more about maintaining a strategic footprint.