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Scott Sullivan :
Richardson plan will crush PKK and IRGC
The US has only three options for Iraq: -- continue to support the existing Nazi PKK/IRGC government in Iraq; join the Arab struggle to liberate Iraq by using US forces; and, finally, withdraw all US forces immediately from Iraq while supporting the Arab/Turkish liberation struggle in Iraq via diplomacy and arms sales.Under US occupation, Iraq has became a safe haven for PKK and Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) terrorism. The PKK terrorism is directed at Turkey, while the IRGC terrorism is directed at Iraqi Sunnis as well as followers of anti-Iranian Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sadr.
The US official policy is to oppose PKK and IRGC terrorism. In reality, the USG protects the PKK and IRGC. Forr example, the US ignores the PKK military buildup in northern Iraq, and has made only pro forma objections to PKK cross border military raids into Turkey.
In fact, the US is now warning Turkey not to chase PKK terrorists across the border into Iraq. In effect, the US is now at war with Turkey on behalf of the PKK.
The US also protects Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) terrorism in Iraq. The US does this by renaming the IRGC as the Badr Brigade, which is a pro-Iranian Shiite militia in Iraq. By means of this fiction of renaming the IRGC the US is able to collaborate with the IRGC in restructuring Iraqi forces, and to provide the IRGC with weapons and training.
The US also protects the IRGC by attacking Muqtada al-Sadr, who is anti-Iran. The US, at Iranian behest, hopes to destroy Sadr in southern Iraq so that Iran can take the strategic port city of Basra. Once Iran controls Basra, ran will be positioned to control Baghdad. Sad is very strong in Basra and is opposed to an Iranian takeover of Basra.
Finally, President Bush protects the iRGC by refusing to designate the IRGC and the Badr Brigade as terrorist organizations; refusing to push out the 30,000 IRGC personnel in Iraq who work for Iran; and refusing to ask Kurdish president Masoud Barzani not to work with the IRGC to partition Iraq.
In short, the US is in full support of the Nazi government in Iraq composed of the PKK and the IRGC.
As noted earlier, the US faces three options in Iraq -- continue collaboration withthe PKK/IRGC pro-Iran, pro-Nazi government; use US forces to cooperate with Arab forces to overthrow the IRGC/PKK government; or withdraw all US forces from Iraq and support the Arab liberation struggle in Iraq with diplomacy and arms, otherwise known as the Richardson Plan.
The superior option, by far, is option three, US support for the Richardson Plan.
The killer drawback for option one -- continued US backing for the PKK/IRGC government -- is that this Nazi government has virtually no support in Iraq. In fact, once Kurdish support is set aside, the PKK/IRGC government is isolated amongst the Iraqi people. Moreover, the PKK/IRGC government is trying to destabilize the Middle East. The US does not want to be associated with such an effort.
The killer drawback for option two -- using US forces in Iraq to cooperate with Arab/Turkish forces to overthrow the PKK/IRGC government -- is that the entire US high command in Iraq is pro-PKK and pro-IRGC, as is the entire Bush administration. To be blunt, these personnel may be unwilling to put down the PKK and the IRGC. In this regard, the US would act as an unwelcome restraint on the Arab/Turkish forces and could undermine the liberation struggle in Iraq.
Option three -- the withdrawal of all US forces from Iraq, and US support for Turkey and the Arabs via diplomacy and arms -- provides the only guarantee of success in suppressing the PKK and IRGC. In other words, to quote Lenin, who knew a fair amount about military tactics, the US must nown take one step back (withdraw from Iraq) in order to take two steps forward (subdue Iran and reemerge as a global superpower).
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