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BUSH SWAPS TURKEY FOR IRAN
Assyrian International News Agency
Feb 7 2007
The US has dropped Turkey, a NATO member, as a strategic partner in
the Middle East in favor of Iran. The only good aspect of this Bush
Administration decision is that it has ended the confusion over US
policies. The next step for the Bush Administration will be to ease
US trade restrictions so that US companies can compete for business
in Iran. The pro-Iran faction at State and Defense is overjoyed. The
practical effect of this pro-Iran shift in US policy is that the US is
preparing to partition Iraq, as desired by Iran and its Kurdish allies.
Evidence of this pro-Iran shift in US policy is as follows.
First, the US Congress remains strongly anti-Turkey. Speaker Pelosi
would not even meet with Turkish Foreign Minister Gul during his visit
to the US this week. Also, Congress is still determined to pass the
resolution condemning Turkey's genocide against the Armenians.
Passage of this resolution would seriously set back US-Turkish
relations.
Second, in a major insult to Turkey, the US refuses to postpone the
December 2007 referendum in Kirkuk that will solidify Kurdish control
in Kirkuk. This US support for Kirkuk's referendum is tantamount to
a US declaration of war against Turkey, as well as against Iraq's
Sunni population and the Arab states in general. Iraq's resistance
movements -- both Sunni and Shi'ite -- will be strengthened.
Third, the US will continue to accept an Iranian and Kurdish veto of
Iraq's National Petroleum law. Iran and the Kurds block the petroleum
law because they want to control the bulk of Iraq's oil resources,
not Baghdad, via Kurdish control of Kirkuk and Iran's control of
Basra. As for Iraq, it will be partitioned by Iran and the Kurds
and impoverished.
Fourth, US forces in Northern Iraq will continue to ignore the PKK,
which is using Kurdish territory to launch attacks into Turkey. As a
result of FM Gul's recent visit, the US has agreed to "take action"
against the PKK, as it has many times in the past, when little or
nothing has been done.
In short, a New Middle East is emerging. The US has swapped Turkey
for Iran as a strategic partner. Iraq will disappear from the map.
Iran and Kurdistan are now the dominant regional powers, with
unconditional US support. Iraq is part of the Iran-Kurdish coalition,
along with Lebanon, thanks to Hezbollah. Turkey will be the first
target of the Iran-Kurdish coalition. Syria will be the second target,
and Saudi Arabia the third. Russia and China, who detest and fear Iran,
are now, along with the Arab states, in Iran's gun-sights.
Welcome to the Brave New World.
Assyrian International News Agency
Feb 7 2007
The US has dropped Turkey, a NATO member, as a strategic partner in
the Middle East in favor of Iran. The only good aspect of this Bush
Administration decision is that it has ended the confusion over US
policies. The next step for the Bush Administration will be to ease
US trade restrictions so that US companies can compete for business
in Iran. The pro-Iran faction at State and Defense is overjoyed. The
practical effect of this pro-Iran shift in US policy is that the US is
preparing to partition Iraq, as desired by Iran and its Kurdish allies.
Evidence of this pro-Iran shift in US policy is as follows.
First, the US Congress remains strongly anti-Turkey. Speaker Pelosi
would not even meet with Turkish Foreign Minister Gul during his visit
to the US this week. Also, Congress is still determined to pass the
resolution condemning Turkey's genocide against the Armenians.
Passage of this resolution would seriously set back US-Turkish
relations.
Second, in a major insult to Turkey, the US refuses to postpone the
December 2007 referendum in Kirkuk that will solidify Kurdish control
in Kirkuk. This US support for Kirkuk's referendum is tantamount to
a US declaration of war against Turkey, as well as against Iraq's
Sunni population and the Arab states in general. Iraq's resistance
movements -- both Sunni and Shi'ite -- will be strengthened.
Third, the US will continue to accept an Iranian and Kurdish veto of
Iraq's National Petroleum law. Iran and the Kurds block the petroleum
law because they want to control the bulk of Iraq's oil resources,
not Baghdad, via Kurdish control of Kirkuk and Iran's control of
Basra. As for Iraq, it will be partitioned by Iran and the Kurds
and impoverished.
Fourth, US forces in Northern Iraq will continue to ignore the PKK,
which is using Kurdish territory to launch attacks into Turkey. As a
result of FM Gul's recent visit, the US has agreed to "take action"
against the PKK, as it has many times in the past, when little or
nothing has been done.
In short, a New Middle East is emerging. The US has swapped Turkey
for Iran as a strategic partner. Iraq will disappear from the map.
Iran and Kurdistan are now the dominant regional powers, with
unconditional US support. Iraq is part of the Iran-Kurdish coalition,
along with Lebanon, thanks to Hezbollah. Turkey will be the first
target of the Iran-Kurdish coalition. Syria will be the second target,
and Saudi Arabia the third. Russia and China, who detest and fear Iran,
are now, along with the Arab states, in Iran's gun-sights.
Welcome to the Brave New World.