Kurdish Wrecking Ball and American Geostrategy in Mideast
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17:51 14/08/2014
Andrew Korybko
The Kurds’ dream for statehood has been growing by the day ever since the US commenced airstrikes against ISIL terrorists in Northern Iraq. In what should not come as a surprising development, the CIA is now reportedly arming the Peshmerga to aid in a proxy conflict against ISIL. As noble of a goal as it may initially seem, such an escalation of American military support for Kurdistan has dual purposes that are aimed at reverberating throughout the region. These include the de-facto or de-jure fragmentation of Iraq, the destabilization of the Kurdish-populated portions of Syria, and the creation of a long-term lever of influence against Erdogan’s Turkey. Just as ISIL attempted to change the borders of the Mideast and revise the regional order, so too is the Kurdish wrecking ball, but this time, international (Western) backing appears to be on its side.
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