Egypt Is Calling the West's Bluff Over Its Phony War On Isis

26 February 2015

As Egyptian President Sisi calls for more support in the fight against NATO-funded militias in Libya, the West's refusal to back him raises the question of their ultimate aims in entering the region. The West is complicity in enabling ISIS to gain a strong foothold and further destabilise Libya, Syria and, potentially, Egypt.

Western states are trumpeting ISIS as the latest threat to civilisation, claiming total commitment to their defeat, and using the group's conquests in Syria and Iraq as a pretext for deepening their own military involvement in the Middle East. Yet as Libya seems to be following the same path as Syria - of 'moderate' anti-government militias backed by the West paving the way for ISIS takeover - Britain and the US seem reluctant to confront them there, immediately pouring cold water on Egyptian President Sisi's request for an international coalition to halt their advances. By making the suggestion - and having it, predictably, spurned - Sisi is making clear Western duplicity over ISIS and the true nature of NATO policy in Libya.

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