US Strikes Syria, Again: The Never-Ending 'War on Terror' Sequel
The BBC headline touts a 'massive' US strike against IS in Syria, framing it as a direct response to an attack on US forces. This tidy narrative omits decades of context. The US military has been an active, and often destabilizing, presence in the region since at least post-WWII, if not earlier. Every 'retaliation' is presented in a vacuum, ignoring the long shadow of interventions, regime
changes, and proxy wars that effectively fueled extremist groups like the one they claim to fight. Convenient, isn't it? We perpetually recycle the same script: US forces are in a country nobody remembers them being invited into, they get attacked, and then launch 'massive' strikes, which inevitably create more enemies. It's a self-perpetuating, multi-billion dollar machine, ensuring the next
'massive' strike is always just around the corner. One might wonder, how many trillions do we need to spend to finally end the 'war on terror' that seems to perpetually generate new terror?