22
10
2007
Los Angeles Times, Opinion
Turkey has a legitimate complaint against the U.S. for not doing more to stop Kurdish terrorists in Iraq.
The “Kurdish problem” used to be a Turkish problem, a Syrian problem, an Iranian problem and an Iraqi problem. The U.S. invasion of Iraq has turned it into an American problem — and lately, a very vexing one.
Failure to quell Kurdish terrorism could end 50 years of strong relations between the United States and Turkey. The country matters a great deal because it is the only genuine Islamic democracy in the Middle East, the only Muslim country in NATO, a key ally in Afghanistan and an essential transit route into Iraq. It’s also very angry at the United States — and was so even before the House Foreign Affairs Committee approved a bill condemning Turkey for the World War I-era Armenian genocide. It’s probably impossible for Washington to give Ankara what it wants, but this would be a good time to give Turkey something.
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22
10
2007
Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis, American Chronicle
America is new in the Middle East; to put it correctly, the US remains for more than 60 years a novice. This alone illuminates the problem perfectly well. America did not just fail in the Middle East; by allying itself with those with whom the US should never be connected, America – under either Republican or Democratic administration – damaged severely the perspectives of diffusing the ideals of the Founding Fathers in the area.
Today, America is in crash orbit with its own interests and principles. For a superpower with so many experts and specialists, academia, diplomatic and intelligence support, plus supreme technological infrastructure, the forthcoming American disaster becomes absolutely incomprehensible. Why this happened, and how it can be terminated and remedied is a matter of a special study group.
At this very moment, America gives the impression that it believes in anything, except the famous motto ‘e pluribus unum’; divided in several different elites that function as cliques, the American establishment’s wings are deeply involved in a suicidal assault against one another.
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