US President Barack Obama’s remarks that Iran, Russia, Turkey and other regional countries must be part of the solution to the Syrian crisis are disingenuous, a geopolitical analyst in New York says.
“Certainly, Iran is supposed to be part of a regional framework, regional political dialogue that could bring the Syrian war to a resolution,” said Eric Draitser, the founder of Stopimperialism.com.
“But there’s a built-in disingenuousness and dishonesty in what Obama is saying by arguing that regional powers, including Turkey, need to be involved in solving the problem, because international powers, the United States as well as its regional allies Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, Israel and others, they are the ones who have been involved in fomenting this war from the very beginning,” he added.
Draitser made the comments in an interview with Press TV on Thursday when asked about Obama’s statement in which he said, “I do agree that we’re not going to solve the problems in Syria unless there’s buy-in from the Russians, the Iranians, the Turks, our (Persian) Gulf partners.”
Syria has been gripped by deadly unrest since March 2011. The United States and its regional allies – especially Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey – are supporting the militants operating inside the country.
According to the United Nations, more than 230,000 people have been killed and millions displaced due to the turmoil.