US ambassador to the United Nations: Iraq stands now is not considered a friend

US ambassador to the United Nations: Iraq stands now is not considered a friend

The political scene Friday June 30, 2017





Confirmed the former US ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, on Friday, he said the United States needs to develop a strategy for post-Daesh, while noting that Iraq stands now is not considered a friend.

Bolton said in an article published by a Wall Street Journal reported the US that "the United States to abandon its military support for the current Iraqi government or decrease significantly," noting that "the pro-Iranian Shiites, who dominate the capital Baghdad, despite the survival of triple crust between Kurds and Arabs Sunnis and Shiites, including the fragile relationship. "

Bolton added that "the case of Iraq today is similar to the case of Eastern Europe in the late forties of the last century, where Moscow tightened its grip them," explaining that "the expansion of political and military control of Baghdad on the areas recovered from state regulation but increases the power of Iran, and this can not be it is in the interest of the United States. "

He pointed out that "the Iraqi Kurds are about to enjoy their independence, de facto, they are on the verge of announcing the rule of law," stressing that "the Kurds are fighting to organize Daesh in order to facilitate the establishment of greater Kurdistan."

He stressed Bolton that "the United States needs to develop a strategy for post-Daesh, so that they prevail in the region of America, not the Russian and Iranian influence," noting that "America must realize or recognize that both Iran and Russia discount, and that Iraq stands now is not considered a friend. "

Bolton said that "the developments in Syria have become eye-catching, and there are signs that the Assad government may be planning to launch a new attack using chemical weapons," explaining that "the pilots of the United States had already bombed the forces were threatening America's allies in Syria, and shot down a Syrian plane and other unmanned Iranian-made. "

He warned former US official of "increased likelihood of direct military confrontation between the US and Russia," he said, adding that "the coverage of these incidents and responses tactical have obscured the broader story."

Bolton said that "the slow campaign on the organization of the state is nearing completion, but the main strategic issues remain unresolved," stressing that "the real issue is not just a tactic, but it is the lack of the United States to strategic thinking about the Middle East in the post-regulation ".

And between the US official that "the defeat Bdaash will leave a regional political vacuum in the Middle East and must fill this void in one way or another," pointing out that "instead of repeating former US President Barack Obama's mistakes it on Donald Trump management must be re painful assessment of the way the Minister former US State John Foster Dulles, in order to avoid squandering the victory on the ground. "

Bolton continued to talk about the Kurds look at them, especially those in Iraq, Syria or Turkey for the United States, and said it "look heterogeneous or different," stressing that "not all of them look at America's positive outlook."

Bolton spoke about "the Kurdish parties and the Kurdish armed factions involved in the war in Syria, and on the regional security threat for Turkey", calling on the Trump administration to "take a clear look at the Russian intervention in Syria, where a vow of engagement between the US and Russian forces."

He asked why Russia is active in Syria? Replied as they help their allies in the representatives of Assad and Iranian ayatollahs, and said he could not deny that Russia stands on the wrong side, but Obama, who is blind from reality, I think that Washington and Moscow share in facilitating the output power of the lion process.

Bolton said he should be thinking of the new management directed towards Trump and a clear goal, which is to void the Iranian and Russian gains.

Bolton went on to talk about Tehran's attempts to strengthen its influence in the region through the control of territory from Iran itself and through Iraq, which is controlled by the current government in Baghdad and then through Syria Assad Along Lebanon, which is controlled by Hezbollah.

He stressed that "this would pave the way for the next potential conflict in the region, which is the Iranian Shiite alliance against the Sunni alliance led by Saudi Arabia," stressing that "the international coalition that the United States led to derail Iran's ambitions with the fall of the state regulation in Region".

He stressed Bolton on the need to "secure more troops and financial support from regional Arab governments to be their shares in this very high context, despite the contradictions between the State of Qatar and the Saudi camp," noting that "the United States is filled by this vacuum error or gap during the Iraqi government forces and Shiite militias. "

Bolton said that "Washington just the same or tend to believe that the Sunnis will accept the rule of the government, which is dominated by Shiites in Iraq, or the upper regime in Syria," pointing out that "the restoration of the current government in Baghdad and Damascus to the borders of post-World War I would to ensure that the renewal of support for terrorism and conflict in the future. "

Bolton, saying that I had already "proposed the establishment of a new secular state and a demographic Sunni in western Iraq and eastern Syria territory, but there may be other solutions, but the eagerness also to return to the border drawn by Europeans since almost a century is not one of these solutions."

He noted that "the United States should begin to work on defeating the renewed in the region, the Russian presence and neutralize its influence in the Middle East," pointing out that "the Russian intervention -ola especially Moscow axis with Assad and the mullahs of Tehran but seriously threatens the interests of the United States, Israel and our friends Arabs in the region as a whole. "

And between Bolton that "the fall of al-Assad was a certainty without the intervention of Russia and Iran, but Tehran and the Assad regime are still supporting terrorism and perpetrated acts of violence under Russian protection", stressing that "there is no reason for the United States to pursue a strategy reinforce the influence of Russia or its agents and followers in Region".

He concluded Bolton, his speech by saying that "the incidents in Syria and Iraq, US forces suffered increased risk, and Washington should be lost in reducing escalation or modest changes in the rules of engagement negotiations," noting that "should instead to manage the Trump Organization to re-drafting of the coalition led by the US United to ensure that the interests prevail once to defeat al Daesh, not for the benefit of Russia or Iran. "


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