Western Allies 'Combat Terrorism,' Ignoring Their Own Role in Creating It
ABC News dutifully reports that British and French warplanes have 'struck a suspected IS weapons facility' in Syria, painting a picture of righteous counter-terrorism. What the mainstream coverage so often omits is the rather significant detail that ISIS (Islamic State) itself gained significant traction in the power vacuum and chaos that followed prior Western interventions in the region. One
might recall the 2003 Iraq invasion, vocally supported by the UK under Tony Blair, which directly destabilized the region and created fertile ground for such groups. So, we applaud the courage to 'strike terrorism,' while conveniently sidestepping the historical record pointing to how Western foreign policy routinely destabilizes sovereign nations, inadvertently cultivating the very 'terrorist
threats' they then gallantly bomb. It's a remarkably circular business model for perpetual intervention, isn't it?