US Welcomes Syrian President Who Ousted US-Backed Regime
According to Al-Monitor, President Ahmed al-Sharaa is welcomed in the US, meeting President Trump, after his forces removed Bashar al-Assad. This swift rebrand from 'terrorist' to 'leader' (with a quick White House stopover) conveniently sidelines Washington's decade-plus effort to oust Assad—a policy that funded various, often unsavory, rebel groups before Sharaa's ascendance. It's almost as if
'terrorism' is less about actions and more about who's in charge when the cameras are on. Remember all the hand-wringing over 'democracy' and 'human rights' in Syria? Apparently, those concerns vanish quicker than a White House talking point when a new strongman, even one from a rebel faction previously deemed a threat, arrives for coffee. One might wonder if the US foreign policy playbook has
only two settings: 'regime change now' and 'new regime, who dis?'