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| Ya'alon: Iran cynically fuelling conflict in Iraq, to ensure it remains a failed state |
| 2015-06-01 |
| [IsraelTimes] Tehran's pursuit of regional hegemony caused current Yemen civil war, may threaten Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, says defense minister Israel's defense minister on Wednesday warned that Iran, an ostensible partner in the US-led fight against the Islamic State, has nothing but ill intentions toward Iraq and has cynically perpetuated the conflict in order to ensure that the country remains a failed state. "He who did not allow stability in Iraq since 2003 is Iran," Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said at the Fisher Institute for Air and Space Strategic Studies' annual security conference. Ya'alon said that Tehran's primary goal is to perpetuate the conflict, meaning that it often aids Shiite militias against Sunni forces, and at times, he asserted, has even funded Sunni forces fighting the United States. "The important thing [to recognize] is that the coalition, as led by the United States, has not be able to stabilize Iraq since 2003," he said. "Make no mistake," he continued, "Iran does not intend to bring a blessing to Iraq." Ya'alon admitted that Israel may appear to be "obsessive" in its focus on Iran as a central force of ill in the Middle East, but said that the Islamic Republic is the "center of gravity" in terms of exporting terror around the region. Iran destabilizes states by supporting internal terror with arms, money, training and advice, he said. Iran's pursuit of regional hegemony, Ya'alon added, brought about the rise of Hezbollah in Lebanon and the current civil war in Yemen, and may well threaten Bahrain and perhaps even Saudi Arabia in the future. And yet, he continued, the P5+1 states are set to sign an agreement with Iran that grants it legitimacy as "a threshold nuclear state" without so much as shutting a single nuclear facility or destroying a single centrifuge. The deal, which may be finalized by the end of June, would grant the regime more money while it continues to develop missiles that cover every inch of Israel and large swaths of Europe and, in the future, the United States, he said. It's interesting to finally read this posted somewhere else than the comments section. |
| Posted by:Thing From Snowy Mountain |
| #3 Good to know that Obama and the mullahs are on the same page then. Good times. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2015-06-01 13:06 |
| #2 Seems unwise -- what if the Sunnis take power again? |
| Posted by: Lemuel Dark Lord of the Jutes6153 2015-06-01 12:56 |
| #1 Someone finally noticed. But its about more than keeping Iraq a failed state.... |
| Posted by: Bunyip 2015-06-01 07:09 |