Double Standards: Good and Bad Terrorism

Since the very beginning of the crisis in Syria, the West has been adopting double standards that contributed to more bloodshed of the Syrian people and prolonging the crisis in the country. The West, which rejected to condemn the terrorist acts in Syria at the UN Security Council, is adopting a double-standard approach in evaluating terrorist acts. This approach means that there are bad terrorists that should be condemned and other terrorists that the US and its allies can ignore their acts.

The Western stand led to thwarting the international community’s efforts to condemn the terrorist acts in Syria, because the US and its allies accept terrorist acts and refrain from condemning them when they go in line with their political considerations and plans in the region.

 It is also categorically unacceptable to be indifferent towards the humanitarian tragedy in Syria caused by the heinous crimes and savage atrocities committed by al-Nusra Front and other al-Qa’eda affiliated organizations. The general principles of the UN Security Council are based on showing immediate reaction against any acts of terrorism and strongly condemning them, but the West has been turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to the terrorist bombings carried out by al-Nusra Front in various Syrian cities claiming the lives of thousands of innocent people. The Western pretexts used to justify the non-condemnation of these terrorist acts are futile reflecting their sinister role in concocting the conspiracy against Syria and its people.

When it comes to political considerations and interests from the West’s point of view, then the terrorist acts are acceptable for them.

These countries have remained silent over the crimes of the terrorist groups who terrorized civilians in various cities, displaced them out of their homes and used them as human shields under the watching eye of the world, including the hypocrite states that pretend care for the lives of Syrian civilians, but at the same time they offer military and logistic support for the armed groups to prolong violence and terrorism and hinder any truthful efforts being exerted to resolve the crisis in the country peacefully.

Moreover, the US and its allies have been providing a political cover to the armed terrorist groups in Syria. These countries have launched distortion campaigns against the military operations being carried out by the Syrian Arab Army to restore security and stability to the country and combat the terrorism of the armed groups in Syria.

K.Q.