Foreign Correspondence

[Amaunet]

At the moment, the former American senior intelligence official said, the Israelis' tie to Kurdistan "would be of greater value than their growing alliance with Turkey. 'We love Turkey but got to keep the pressure on Iran.'" The former Israeli intelligence officer said, "The Kurds were the last surviving group close to the United States with any say in Iraq. The only question was how to square it with Turkey."

As Israel’s focus is closer to home, losing Turkey seems less a tragedy for Israel than for the United States as the loss of Turkey could also herald a slackening of America’s grip on Central Asia and the South Caucasus. Turkey is pivotal in the ME, Central Asia and the South Caucasus. I am surprised the United States is not putting more pressure on Israel to break from Kurdistan. The danger being Turkey could align with Russia or China and become a formidable source of power in Central Asia and the South Caucasus.

I want to see if I can find if Putin has rescheduled his trip to Turkey.

“Not militarily - the United States cannot be defeated militarily in Iraq - but politically."

Interesting that Israel has made it clear that Bush has lost Iraq politically yet the American public has not caught on. The political victory being of much more importance than the military.

Excellent analysis,

-Am