The Middle East: Words and Deeds of American “Democrats”
World media has repeatedly drawn attention to the fact that one of the main aspects of both American internal and external politics is plain and simple demagoguery. This type of demagoguery has become very characteristic of American diplomacy in the Middle East. This conclusion can easily be reached by simply comparing the current US President Barack Obama’s words with his deeds.
In his last State of the Union Address to Congress, American President, in relation to the situation in the Middle East, flatly stated: “Instead of sending large ground forces overseas, we’re partnering with nations from South Asia to North Africa to deny safe haven to terrorists who threaten America. In Iraq and Syria, American leadership – including our military power – is stopping ISIS’ advance.” This deceptive spiel incites nothing more than a brief smile. It is sufficient just to read recent headlines to understand how Washington is “effectively battling” and defeating ISIS. And besides, it was the United States that initially had a hand in creating terrotist organizations like Al-Qaeda and ISIS.
Here is a well-known, but very eloquent fact. On May 27, 2013, American Senator John Mccain secretly entered Syria via Turkey, meeting on rebel territory the head of the General Staff of the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA), Salim Idris, as well as other leaders of armed groups. At that time, the FSA was still in an alliance with Al-Qaeda that was represented by ISIS and Jabhat al-Nusra. Each of these groups received support from the US, France, Turkey and other governments. Soon after, 13 of the most successful FSA groups, on the orders of American advisers, left the oppositional coalition and created a new front, which they called the “Islamic coalition”, with Jabhat al-Nusra, a branch of Al-Qaeda in Syria, heading up the group.
Later something even more incredible occurred: another branch of Al-Qaeda, ISIS, refused to submit to the leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, and began to pursue an independent policy, which resulted in declaration on June 29, 2014 of “caliphate” on the territories occupied by them in Syria and Iraq. By now the Pentagon has merely been staging a mock fight against ISIS, which received the new title of the Islamic State, periodically dropping bombs on Syrian and Iraqi deserts. Lately, the American media has delivered no information on fallen terrorists, of which it used to triumphantly report to American taxpayers.
