Phil > Can you offer any proof at all to the above statement?
How can anyone offer "proof"? One views the event the way one sees it. As I see it, much as the Shiites and Sunnis don't like each other, they would never destroy a mosque or desecrate their religion. If anything, they hold their religion more precious than anything else. Therefore it is axiomatic that the destruction of a Muslim place of worship could only have been carried out by a non-Muslim, indeed, someone who cares nothing for the Muslims or their religion. Even better, someone who hates them.
> I thought the US and the Zionists were in bed.
Not every American thinks so.
mediamonitors.net
> I certainly cannot see that a fractured Iraq, on the verge of civil war is of any benefit to Israel or to the United States
The US has no stated long-term policy for Iraq other than "democracy", whatever that means, and regime change, whatever that means. Israel, on the other hand, has a very close relationship with the Kurds and would like nothing more than a separate Kurdistan re-established once again. The Kurds are historic allies, possibly even relatives, of the Jews. And, of course, they have a lot of oil.
washingtontimes.com
>>"Establishing relations between the Kurds and Israel is not a crime since many Arab countries have ties with the Jewish state," Barzani said in an interview with the Saudi daily al-Hayat.
He said when the time comes and an Israeli Embassy is opened in Baghdad he will ask that an Israeli consulate be also established in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan.<<
pinr.com
>>A maelstrom of controversy erupted in June 2004 over reports that Israel has been in league with Kurdish groups in northern Iraq and training Kurdish militias, reports that the Israeli leadership has repeatedly denied. If the recent reports are accurate, the Israeli government may be nurturing relations with the Kurds in order to pursue its geopolitical security interests and counter a number of potential threats to its regional power.<<
Israel's interest in Iraq differs from that of the US, in fact, it's diametrically opposed to it. But it's also obvious that Israel's interest is covert and clearly it would not do anything to openly antagonise the US. |
