Re: [Marxism] Bush admin. claims Iran is main foe in Iraq, complain of lack of Arab support to Maliki

["gary.maclennan@xxxxxxxxx" <gary.maclennan@xxxxxxxxx>]

What in the name of Holy St Patrick, is one to make of all this?  Iran is
now (!!!???) the enemy , but cannot be attacked directly because even the
crazies in Washington know that the USA cannot open a third front.  (Or do
they ?- hmmm!).

To defeat the Sunni insurgency the invading imperialist powers had to play
the Shiite &Ayatollah Khomeini card.
That automatically strengthened Iran's influence in Iraq.

Then they attacked the anti-Iranian section of the Shiite nation i.e. the
Sadrists.
That automatically strengthened Iran's influence in Iraq.

Then they armed the Sunni times against the Al-Qaeda (i.e. in all
probability the Baathists) section of the Sunnis. Thus they split the Sunni
community and of course - that automatically strengthened Iran's influence
in Iraq.

And to cap it all off they allowed the Prime Minister, who cannot take a
dump without express permission from Petraeus to attack the Sadrists in
Basra.  The attack was botched and Iran stepped in and brokered a peace deal
which yes you've guessed it -

automatically increased Iran's influence in Iraq.


So the tactical and operational superiority of the imperialist army in the
field has nevertheless led to a strategic defeat of enormous proportions.
Long ago Cheney said something like they hadn't invaded Iraq to strengthened
the Ayatollahs (duh!!)

regards

Gary
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