Just yesterday evening I was watching a speech by Reese Elrich about the United States and Iran. During the speech (which is quite good) he describes — although he does not present any proof; that’s hopefully going to be part of his similarly titled upcoming book on the subject — how the United States essentially trains, arms and sponsors Kurds and other minorities in or near Iran to attack Iranian civilian and military installations in an effort to destabilise the region and undermine the Iranian government. Throughout the speech he repeatedly stated that both the US and Israel have a long history of supporting such terrorist groups when it suits them and gave pretty good examples of these; one thing that stroke me as particularly interesting is the delicate balance between the major forces in the region: Turkey, the Arabs, Iran, Israel and the United States.
The point of contention is, of course, Turkey, a longstanding ally of the US and a country that has struggled to contain (and occasionally supress) the Kurdish population, culture, and ethnic identity. The US hypocrisy with regards to its loyalty to Turkey and its alleged support of the Kurdish terrorist groups, Erlich suggested, would be very problematic for the country and its allies when it became more well known. And the US ally most concerned about US provided funds and training to Kurdish armed guerillas is Turkey.
Of course without further proof, and despite his respectable record as a journalist and author, I was quite sceptical about some of the allegations. And then, some hours later, I read this. What a ‘coincidence’.
