Of Alberto Negri
Source: Linkiesta
French President Emmanuel Macron puffed out his chest in his speech to the European Parliament, knowing full well that with Great Britain's imminent exit from the Union it will remain the only member country that sits on the UN Security Council and has a significant atomic potential. He reiterates that his intervention in Syria together with the American and British ones “saved the honor of Europe”. In truth, Westerners saved face after losing the war in Syria where Russia and Iran managed to keep Bashar Al Assad's regime in place.. Now a new chapter will probably begin with the clash between Iran and Israel.
It is a negligible fact that since the beginning of the revolt seven years ago France has tried in every way to have its say in the former colony: first he focused on the fall of Assad, even supporting the jihadists, then in 2013 he wanted to bomb Damascus, then with the attacks in France in 2015 Hollande asked the Syrian dictator to fly over the country to take revenge and strike ISIS. Short memory and not only of the French.
Macron himself speaks of a "poisoned debate" but whoever arrogated the right to send French policemen to Italian territory in Bardonecchia against all the rules: Paris has not yet apologized and probably never will
The astute Macron even promised a few weeks ago to protect the Syrian Kurds from Erdogan by receiving a Kurdish delegation and sending 150 soldiers from Iraq but in reality he accomplished nothing, like Trump who sold his allies against the Caliphate to Türkiye. Read More
