US Urges 'De-escalation' After Encouraging Kurdish Land Grabs for Years
Suddenly, the US wants 'de-escalation' in Syria. Funny how that only happens when allies of the Syrian government start winning. For years, the US supported various Kurdish factions, turning a blind eye—or actively encouraging—their expansion into Arab-majority areas, building an autonomous zone with significant oil fields, all while Syria was battling ISIS and other US-backed insurgencies. This
'withdrawal deal' Al Jazeera mentions? Likely one nobody signed, certainly not Damascus, which legally owns that territory under international law. It's almost as if 'de-escalation' means 'let's freeze the conflict now that our side is losing ground.' One might wonder if the US ever considered that nation-states tend to assert control over their sovereign territory, even when their oil-rich
regions are occupied by foreign-backed militias. The current 'urging' feels less like diplomacy and more like a desperate plea to salvage a broken proxy strategy, after years of fueling the fire. And the media plays along, reporting Washington's sudden concern with a straight face.