COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE BY PATRICK COCKBURN IN THE
INDEPENDENT
Iraq seizes Kirkuk
from Kurds leaving two US allies locked in conflict and bringing end to move
for independence
Century-old movement
for Kurdish independence suffers a calamitous defeat as military reaction to
referendum leads to fall of city
Quite poor analysis here.
Iraq has only occupied in Kirkuk what has long been part of
Iraq.
And why wouldn't they when the region contains much of the
country's oil?
Iraq, before the American-British invasion, was by many
measures the most advanced Arab state. Women had more rights than in almost any
other Arab state, and certainly by far compared to Saudi Arabia. Fundamentalist
religion was not forced on people. There was a vibrant economy with advances in
many areas. Financed of course by oil.
This separation stuff is US-inspired, and of course the US
has never had any business even being in Iraq. They are war-criminals.
It wants a weakened Iraq for Israel's long-term benefit. And
it wants the Kurds to supply oil to Israel. Neither of which is any of
America's business.
Imagine trying to get Texas to leave the Union. What do you
think Washington's reaction would be?
America has played this dirty game with the Kurds more than
once.
In Kissinger's day, the Kurds were given encouragement and
support to rebel against Saddam.
Saddam crushed them.
