"if the US strikes Syria with only France as an ally, it may be
well to remember the French role in Syria, where its League of Nations Mandate
was used to create a divide-and-rule confessional partition of the country, and
during which aerial bombing was used extensively, including in 1925-26 against
Damascus itself. Even Syrians who support the downfall of the regime will be
aware of historical echoes if French bombs fall on the capital again. Aerial
bombing, in fact, was a prime tool of European colonial power projection in the
Middle East."
PS Famed Egyptian poet, Ahmad Shawqi, wrote a well-known poem on the occasion of French bombing of Damascus.
PS Famed Egyptian poet, Ahmad Shawqi, wrote a well-known poem on the occasion of French bombing of Damascus.
