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Western politicians are working double time to pull the wool over the eyes of a gullible public who are dazed and confused about the overthrow of the Assad regime, as some more astute members of the public might question how it is possible that the jihadists in control now of Damascus were not only paid by U.S. tax dollars, but have a chief who is on a wanted list in the U.S. for being a terrorist.

Step forward super numpty David Lammy MP, Britain’s bumbling black version of a cartoon character called Magoo. Mr Lammy is not as dumb as he looks, though, so pay attention to his fortuitous overtones in the British parliament to explain it all to voters who he assumes are more or less brain dead.

Recently MP Brendan O’Hara made a statement justifying the Israeli bombing of Syria which coincided with the HTS terror group seizing Damascus, presumably to make sure that heavy artillery, planes and boats don’t fall into the hands of the unwashed bearded lot, who, heaven forbid, might use is against their sponsors. Is America learning its lessons from the breathtaking stupid operation in Afghanistan where U.S. soldiers left the Taliban armoured vehicles, tanks and even aircraft before they scarpered? Possibly. But there might be other reasons such as the Americans might be considering a second operation whereby they – or their proxies – might want to overthrow those who are now in power. This is not as far-fetched as it sounds given the amount of plain lies being spun at the moment and dutifully processed by a league of call centre journalists who can’t even find Homs on a map of Syria. “The group that we supported to overthrow Assad turned out to be not serious about turning a new leaf. Joulani can’t be trusted, you know…” will be the sort of thing offered to a scrum of journalists at the White House press briefing. Most people would swallow that.

In the meantime, the ramblings of parliamentary wasters is worth a gander.

“It’s right to understand that Israel has legitimate security concerns in a country that’s housed ISIS [ISIL] and al-Qaeda,” Lammy said in response to a parliamentary question by MP Brendan O’Hara, adding that he had spoken to his Israeli counterpart.

“It’s for all of those reasons that we want an inclusive society that supports everyone, but none of us can have truck with terrorist groups,” he said.

Odd that he forgot to mention that the very terror groups he referring to are on the U.S. payroll and aligned to both the UK and U.S. Or does that mean that now that the terrorists have delivered the Assad regime to the U.S. and Israel that their role now is no longer relevant and therefore they need to be eliminated?

It’s hard to fathom Lammy’s double talk when, evidently, the man hardly understands the Syria picture himself and appears to be reading from a script. Lammy, after all, was recently fingered by a UK independent investigative outfit which identified a dozen or so MPs in the cabinet who had received money from Israel. The story of Syria is one of treachery, betrayal and bullshit on a grand scale after all, so it seems fitting that British MPs who are enjoying Israel’s cash would espouse from the prepared IDF talking points as well. Ultimately it was cash which played a big part in the bloodless coup being a stonking success, so perhaps it is cash now which is dictating the narrative in the UK? Of course, the weakening of Hezbollah in Lebanon and Russia no longer supporting Assad also were factors. But money did its job. Currently the average goon with a beard and an AK in the HTS earns around 2000 USD a month. Hardly a huge sum you might think. But in Syria, one of the world’s poorest countries with a local currency constantly being devalued, this sum is significant for a Syrian army soldier who is earning only 7 USD a month.

A deal was struck which is why regime soldiers didn’t put up a fight. These were the same soldiers who had to resort to making and selling Captagon pills for the region simply to make a few bucks to pay their monthly food bills. Just as in 2003, when the U.S. government refused to pay back pay of Saddam’s soldiers – who fled their posts with their weapons and created what was later know as ISIS or ISIL – today, the same story resonates. Assad might have remained in power until his old age if he had paid his soldiers better and allowed Russia to train them. For a few dollars more.

Syrian regime soldiers or British politicians. They all have their price. Try not to think of the 90s pop hit by Jessie J called ‘Price Tag’ which came out in the same year when the Syrian war started.

It’s not about the money, money, money
We don’t need your money, money, money
We just wanna make the world dance
Forget about the price tag