Rolling out the red carpet for a former Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist commander is a stunning failure of Western judgment — HTS's rebranding was pure tactical cosmetics, not a genuine ideological shift, and sectarian violence against Christians and minorities continues under al-Sharaa's watch. Meanwhile, the promised mass return of Syrian refugees to Germany is a fantasy colliding hard with reality. Europe is normalizing an Islamist authoritarian while pretending a stable, democratic Syria is just around the corner.