The first reflex is to rejoice of the disappearance of the «assassins in Syria» who oppressed and decimated one of the most hospitable and refined peoples on the planet, and who did nothing to heal the wounds.
But it is difficult to understand the The indulgence shown by Westerners towards jihadists They, and not Hamas at all, as the media of disinformation want us to believe, are of the same kind as those who committed the Bataclan massacre.
Was the fragmented Shia crescent (Iran, Syria, Hezbollah) more dangerous than the jihadist movements emanating from Al Qaeda or Daesh? This remains largely a matter of proving. The extremely rapid takeover of power by the Syrian Islamists is reminiscent of the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The West applauds then realizes that these barbarians remain… barbarians.
It is far too early to draw conclusions. But two thoughts:
1) Syria is being freed from a dictatorship to move, temporarily (hopefully), to a theocracy.
2) It exists Two great winnerss:
Turkey who wanted a weakened Syria, the return of refugees and a buffer zone to keep the Kurds away.
Israel whose goal since the early 2000s has been a weak Syrian regime, whether under sanctions and ineffectual Assad or, better yet, the partition of Syria into insignificant micro-states.
The current shifts in the balance of power in the Middle East are massive, not yet complete, and are taking place without and against the Arabs.
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