Alwaght – The last US refusal of directly arming the Iraqi Kurds has exasperated its Arab allies pushing them to implement the arming action themselves.
The US House of Representatives introduced legislation to sidestep the bureaucratic delays in Baghdad that have led to delays in arms shipments to the Kurdish front against the ISIS terrorist group. The legislation would allocate military articles directly to the Kurdish Peshmerga fighters, the military forces of Iraqi Kurdistan Region, without coordination with Baghdad.
The Iraqi government has strongly opposed the bill proposed by the US Congress that allows the Iraqi Kurds to be armed directly, bypassing Iraq's central government.
Later on, The US Senate rejected the draft law proposed by the US House.
By this the US has infuriated its Arab allies in the Persian Gulf by blocking their attempts to supply heavy weapons directly to the Kurds who are fighting ISIS terrorist group in Iraq .
As a result, American allies are accusing the US President Barack Obama of failing to show leadership in the fight against one of the greatest threats to global security .
The frustrated US allies say they are willing to "go it alone" in supplying heavy weapons to the Kurds, even if it means defying the Iraqi and American authorities, who demand all weapons be channeled through Baghdad.
"If the Americans and the West are not prepared to do anything serious about defeating ISIS, then we will have to find new ways of dealing with the threat," a senior Arab government official told the paper .
"With ISIS making ground all the time we simply cannot afford to wait for Washington to wake up to the enormity of the threat we face ."
The Peshmerga have successfully fought off the ISIS, even though the Kurds are using out-of-date Soviet weapons. Meanwhile, millions of dollars of weapons – purchased by European countries to arm the Kurds – sit unused because American commanders block the arms transfers.
It is not known if the US is blocking these arms to keep them as a card to play against the Iraqi army later on; or the US actually fears the consequences of the Kurds gaining more power against ISIS, the US-made terror group.
US allies, including Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the Persian Gulf states, complain that American leaders have no clear strategy for an airstrike campaign. At the same time, other coalition members say they have identified clear ISIS targets, but the US has prevented them from firing.
"There is simply no strategic approach," said one senior Gulf official. "There is a lack of coordination in selecting targets, and there is no overall plan for defeating ISIS ."
These Arab stances and actions show a lack of commitment of these countries to good neighborly relations, and also display their role in the American game to divide Iraq.
Some may also say that the US is benefiting from the current situation where ISIS forms a real danger to the US Arab allies, where in this way US has better control on both sides.
Meantime, while the US Congress failed to pass the bill now the Arab countries want to be responsible for implementing the plan .
The division of Iraq has no benefit to any side but for the Israeli regime and the powers that support it, where if the Persian Gulf countries really wanted to help Iraq in its crisis with terrorism they can supply the Kurds with weapons through Baghdad, and most importantly they can end their support for the terrorist groups that are spreading in Iraq.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council, with their support to terrorists and separatists in the region contributes to greater insecurity in Western Asia for the benefit of the Zionists.
