Now that Iraqi troops have succeeded in seizing the ruins of Mosul’s grand mosque from ISIS, serious questions have been raised about the role of the United States who have long claimed to be fighting the terrorists in the region.
A number of the terrorists managed to escape Mosul to enter part of the Syrian territory where the US and its allied forces have been present.
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Press TV interviewed Brad Blankenship, a journalist with al-Masdar News, and Brent Budowsky, a columnist at The Hill to discuss the issue:
Blankenship said the United States pursued a policy of partitioning Iraq in order to gain influence in the region and drive a wedge between the Iraqi and Iranian governments.
“What they (the Americans) are doing in Iraq is very similar to what they have said they will do in Syria, which is namely to fight ISIS (Daesh), and then, when they have control of regions that ISIS used to have, they will use this as a way to partition Syria,” Blankenship said on Thursday. “And then in Iraq, what they are going to attempt to do is to use their leverage in owning territory in Iraq to draw Iraq farther away from Iran.”
The US’s ultimate goal is to separate Iraq and Syria from Iran to stop Baghdad and Damascus from being part of the axis of resistance against Israel and America, he said.
The commentator said the US was dragging its feet to participate in a real fight against Daesh in Iraq and Syria because the White House had other priorities in the region.
“The US will definitely be wary of attacking ISIL (Daesh) as they flee into Syria, because their policy at this point… [is to] make Syria, Iran, and Hezbollah pay to vanquish ISIS in Syria.”
Washington has used the unstable situation in Iraq to pave the ground for oil corporations to be able to save money by purchasing the fuel for cheaper prices from the Kurdistan region in the war-torn country, he said.
He also referred to the near-complete liberation of Mosul and said there was more work to do to eradicate Daesh.
Budowsky, the other guest at the show, said the liberation of al-Nuri Mosque “is historic along with what will be the liberation of Mosul, the liberation of Raqqah [in Syria], and the liberation of the whole region from the mass-murdering terrorists.”
He, too, said the military achievement by the Iraqi forces was not a “total victory.,” however.
“The idea of a terrorist, organized entity acting like a state… is about to be dead,” the columnist said, adding, however, that, “The terrorist problem will not be dead and it will continue as they disperse.”
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Washington DC was built on the blood of innocent people. The blood of innocent people is the lubrication which keeps the gears of Washington DC turning. There will be no peace on Earth, and no freedom for Americans, as long as the Washington DC Crime Cabal exist.
Which begs the question on, Lets make America Great again, when was America great? Was I asleep during these lessons in class?