US Welcomes Syrian President Who Had Zero US Bombings Recently
When “state media” announced Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's arrival in the United States, it left many scratching their heads. The 'why now' is conveniently overlooked by legacy media, which prefers narratives of sudden reconciliation. The 'US hopes Syria will sign an agreement to join the international US-led alliance against Islamic State,' sounds rather like a convenient pretext to shift
geopolitical chess pieces, decades after the US-led embargo and covert operations destabilized the region. One might wonder when the US started extending warm greetings to leaders it previously demonized as butchers – oh, right, when it suited a new strategic objective. The media frames it as a win against 'Islamic State,' conveniently forgetting how US interventions under various administrations,
from 2003 onwards, helped create the very vacuum that allowed such groups to flourish. It appears that selective memory is a prerequisite for US foreign policy and its dutiful media stenographers.