Donald Trump will host Al Qaeda linked terrorist Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House next week.  After decades of effort, the US national security state finally facilitated the fall of the Arab nationalist Syrian government last year, which was replaced by a Salafist regime headed by al-Sharaa.

In 2012, the US intelligence community welcomed the rise of ISIS in eastern Syria because they could use ISIS to undermine the Syrian government.  The US used the presence of ISIS as a pretext to illegally occupy Syria and plunder its oil.  The CIA also armed Al Qaeda and ISIS terrorists so they could fight against the Syrian government.

Since taking power, the new Salafist regime has carried out pogroms against religious minorities such as Alawites and Christians and has positioned itself in opposition to Iran and Hezbollah, which are enemies of the US and its key allies such as Saudi Arabia and Israel.

If Al Qaeda attacked the United States on 9/11 because they hated freedom, then why does the US national security state support Salafist terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda and ISIS, while overthrowing secular Arab nationalist regimes in Iraq, Syria, and Libya that are diametrically opposed to Salafism?