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One of the reasons why Washington hammers away at Iraq is
Turkey. Baghdad can exploit the Kurdish question to undermine the Turkish
state --a lynchpin in the NATO gameplan. Since Turkey is such a significant
ingredient in America's policy for that region it cannot afford to tolerate the
undermining or even weakening of the Turkish state in such a manner as to
strengthen Iraq as a regional power --a power that subordinates Istanbul to its
interests. As I indicated in a previous posting the one thing Washington
cannot tolerate is the existence of independent powers that do act as compliant
agents for American imperialism.
If one independent power succeeds in establishing itself this
can create a precedent for the development of other such power thereby
increasing challenges to American hegemony. America's foreign policy is a
feverish and relentless strategy to keep as many powers as possible subordinate
to its interests. Consequently it struggles to divide and rule.
Warm regards
George Pennefather Be free to check out our Communist Think-Tank web site
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