Biden's New 'Axis of Evil' Apparently Includes US Allies, Again
The New Arab piece correctly identifies Kurdish communities facing existential threats across Syria and Iran, portraying their anxieties as a product of complex local and regional dynamics. What's left unsaid, however, is the consistent US foreign policy playbook that fuels these 'anxieties.' Remember how the US armed Kurdish Peshmerga against ISIS, only to watch Turkey — a NATO 'ally' — bomb them
into submission as Washington looked on? Or the repeated historical instances where the US has used Kurdish aspirations as geopolitical leverage, then abandoned them when convenient, from the 1975 Algiers Accord to Trump's 2019 Syria withdrawal, effectively greenlighting Turkish assaults. It’s a pattern: foster allied resistance forces, then leave them to the wolves. This isn't just 'split-screen
anxiety'; it's the predictable outcome of cynical foreign policy, where the 'anxiety' is a feature, not a bug, ensuring perpetual instability and arms sales. One might wonder who truly benefits from such orchestrated chaos, and whether the 'new' Arab Spring is just the old regime change playbook in a different font.