Source: Antiwar.com
by Ted Snider
“In a reversal of the old proverb ‘Better the devil you know,’ the U.S. and its partners in the Political West have embraced the devil they don’t. In Syria, they have traded Iran for al-Qaeda. When Bashar al-Assad fell, many of his international partners suffered injuries. But none was hurt so badly as Iran. … HTS leader Abu Mohammad al-Jolani began his radical opposition career as a fighter and member of al-Qaeda in Iraq before becoming the founder of the al-Nusra Front, the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda. In 2016, Jolani claimed to have cut his ties with al-Qaeda. But he has a reputation as a pragmatic radical, and, at the time, there was much skepticism about the split.” (12/13/24)
https://original.antiwar.com/ted_snider/2024/12/12/trading-iran-for-al-qaeda/