The current crisis in Iraq is a direct consequence not only of the war of 2003 and the occupation that followed it but of Western foreign policy in Syria and the longer timescale of intervention in the Middle East.Rees's analysis covers the long history of capitalist ruling classes trying to control the Middle East because of its vast oil and gas resources, but he seems to suggest that many of their policies had unintended consequences or "blowbacks". While many of the events as a consequence of their "meddling" may be, and have been, unanticipated, I argue that their overall effect is, and was, intentional: to keep Arabs and the Iranians killing each other and generally destabilizing all these governments so that they never pose a threat to Western capitalists who want to exploit their resources.
in the time remaining, to help us understand how the man-made system of capitalism will lead to the extinction of our human species, and so many others.
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
Iraq: three kinds of blowback and the threat of war stoked by western meddling
Click here to access article by John Rees from Stop the War Coalition (Britain).