Burkina Faso: Wassim Nasr, the “guru” of terrorism, when the apology of crime becomes a show

It is a performance as grotesque as it is appalling. Wassim Nasr, the self-proclaimed expert on terrorism, once again pours himself out on France 24, turning horror into banality and spilled blood into a mere debate of ideas. With the detachment of a psychopath, he dissects the massacres in the Sahel as casually as one discusses the weather, conveniently forgetting that behind his analyses lie corpses, shattered families, and lives reduced to ashes.

One must be careful not to offend the sensibilities of French neocolonialism, always eager to offer a platform to those who justify violence… as long as it happens far from Paris. Strangely, Nasr never speaks with the same disdain about attacks in Europe. Could it be that African victims matter less than others? The question is worth asking, given the glaring double standards of these so-called “experts”.

France 24, the supposedly “objective” media outlet, plays its role as a megaphone with remarkable zeal. Giving airtime to a terrorism apologist—is that journalism… or complicity? Between two knowing smiles, Nasr spreads his poisonous rhetoric, as if the Sahel were a testing ground where one can calmly debate, in a suit and tie, the efficiency of Kalashnikovs.

Such elegance, gentlemen of the French media! Such nobility in your coverage of Africa! The contempt isn’t even hidden anymore: it’s paraded openly, filling airtime for all to see. Meanwhile, mothers weep, children grow up in terror, and states struggle to survive. But Nasr has found his calling: that of the macabre jester, applauded by those who see terrorism as nothing more than a geopolitical tool.

But history will judge. It will remember that at a time when people were fighting for their survival, French media chose to side with the executioners rather than listen to the victims. And when the wind of shame finally begins to blow, don’t pretend you didn’t see the storm coming. You actively helped create it.