US deal with Turkey shows its disregard for Kurds
When waging war, picking the right
allies is a careful business. You must make concessions, without giving
in too much. You need to rely on someone else, without becoming too
dependent. You need to stand firm, and be flexible at the same time.
War-time allies can turn into bitter enemies after victory has been
declared, and your worst enemy might in fact prove to be your best
friend after all.
allies is a careful business. You must make concessions, without giving
in too much. You need to rely on someone else, without becoming too
dependent. You need to stand firm, and be flexible at the same time.
War-time allies can turn into bitter enemies after victory has been
declared, and your worst enemy might in fact prove to be your best
friend after all.
No country in the
world knows this better than the United States, which hasn’t gone
through a single decade without waging war since it was founded in 1776 –
in fact, the US has been at war for a shocking 222 years out of its 239 years of existence.
world knows this better than the United States, which hasn’t gone
through a single decade without waging war since it was founded in 1776 –
in fact, the US has been at war for a shocking 222 years out of its 239 years of existence.
The
US’ latest war against the fascist militants of the so-called Islamic
State (IS) is little different from the ones that preceded it: it has
no-one but itself to blame for the escalation of the conflict, the
excuse is self-defense, the method is extreme violence and the goal is
democracy – or whatever can be labeled as such. One war is the breeding
ground for the next and as long as the ultimately fictitious goal of
peace and stability is kept dangling in front of the crowd like a carrot
on a stick, there never really is a reason to actually lay down the
arms.
US’ latest war against the fascist militants of the so-called Islamic
State (IS) is little different from the ones that preceded it: it has
no-one but itself to blame for the escalation of the conflict, the
excuse is self-defense, the method is extreme violence and the goal is
democracy – or whatever can be labeled as such. One war is the breeding
ground for the next and as long as the ultimately fictitious goal of
peace and stability is kept dangling in front of the crowd like a carrot
on a stick, there never really is a reason to actually lay down the
arms.
In its choice of allies in the
battle against IS, the US is showing that defeating the jihadists might
in fact not be its number one priority.
battle against IS, the US is showing that defeating the jihadists might
in fact not be its number one priority.
