Washington Wants to Fracture Iraq, Syria
'Into Feuding Micro States'
The US political and military establishment wants to use the oldest trick in the book to ensure that the Middle East will never be peaceful and stable, geopolitical analyst Steven MacMillan wrote for New Eastern Outlook.
The
strategy, known as divide and conquer, involves dividing Iraq and Syria
into independent ethnic and religious mini-states – Sunnistan,
Kurdistan, etc. Those, who champion this approach, claim that it will
bring peace to the war-torn region, but its real purpose, according
to the analyst, is the opposite.
MacMillan's
comments came in response to Barak Mendelsohn's opinion piece titled
"Divide and Conquer in Syria and Iraq; Why the West Should Plan for a
Partition," which was recently published by Foreign Affairs.
Mendelsohn urged the US to adopt a new strategy for Syria, which
would be focused on carving out an independent Sunni state. This,
according to Mendelsohn, is the only way to encourage moderate Sunnis
to tackle radical Sunnis, including Daesh.
"Mendelsohn's so-called 'solution' for the region is in fact the strategy Western powers have been pursuing in the Middle East for years. His proposal is pretty much identical to the preferred 'outcome' for Syria articulated by the former US Secretary of State … Henry Kissinger," MacMillan explained.
Former US Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton shared similar ideas in a recent piece for the New York Times.
"The Western elite's strategy is to create a
Middle East (and a world for that matter) devoid of strong, sovereign,
independent nation-states that can resist imperial advances," MacMillan
observed. "Fracturing countries into feuding micro-states ensures
Western interests are not confronted with a cohesive entity which can
collectively unite to oppose this belligerent force."
"Mendelsohn's so-called 'solution' for the region is in fact the strategy Western powers have been pursuing in the Middle East for years. His proposal is pretty much identical to the preferred 'outcome' for Syria articulated by the former US Secretary of State … Henry Kissinger," MacMillan explained.
Former US Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton shared similar ideas in a recent piece for the New York Times.
"Make no mistake about it; the strategy of the
US had always been to create a Sunni micro-state in Eastern Syria and
Western Iraq to isolate Assad," MacMillan asserted.