Why does the US finance the Peshmerga in Iraq?

The commander of the US military contingent in Iraq, General Ralph Baker, said that the United States would not give up support for Kurdish armed formations next year. According to the US Army General Baker, the Pentagon plans to send over a third of a billion dollars in 2018 to the Peshmerga squads for financial support.

The head of the Kurdish government on the Peshmerga, Karim Shingali, during a meeting with Ralph Baker, thanked the US in the person of the American general for the fact that Washington continues to support the Kurdish autonomy and its armed volunteer units. According to Shingali, the United States could expand the program of assistance in terms of military briefing units Peshmerga.

The financial and military support of the Kurdish armed forces in Iraq caused a simultaneous negative reaction in both Baghdad and Ankara. Iraqi politicians expressed bewilderment over the position of the United States, which at the same time declare their adherence to the idea of ​​the territorial integrity of Iraq and are engaged in arming the Kurdish security forces, actively advocating for the independence of Iraqi Kurdistan.

The Turkish authorities believe that the further arming of the Peshmerga by the Americans can provoke a wave of anti-Turkish sentiments near the borders of Turkey.

Comments

[Sofa General]

So they do not need a calm Middle East.
The multinational ISIS was written off as a waste, now they decided to fight nationally ...
"Less Indians - Less Enemies" - No One Canceled

[Black_Vatnik]

No ISIS cheated. Just guys need a rebranding.

[Arzoo]

Well, this is more likely due to the care of his Middle Eastern ally, namely the precious baby Tsahes. Preheat the Kurds and throw hostilities on the territory of Turkey, Syria and Iran. Tsahes sleeps and sees how to let them all around the world (or rather, across Europe).

[Warrior with machine gun]

so that the bonfire in the area does not go out))

[Alexander rr]

The main problem is that the United States is doing it all overseas, and you need to transfer everything like that to them, including the concept of "armed opposition" ...

[nPuBaTuP]

you need to transfer everything like that to them

True to be noticed .... the area of ​​the Mexican border ....

[Warrior with machine gun]

I mentioned their southern neighbors more than once here))

[pvv113]

US will not give up support for Kurdish militias

States by hook or by crook try to stay in the Middle East

[Going]

They hold the Kurds like a chain dog against Erdogan.

[pvv113]

States still have love for Syria and Iran

[Going]

They have a love for everything where you can profit.

[pvv113]

Especially where there is oil

[Going]

The United States has the whole history and economy of robbing foreign nations and states.

[pvv113]

So the US gene pool was founded by robbers and killers

[Going]

What has grown has grown.

[pvv113]

Good saying

[Sergey53]

This is like asking why the US finances the Kurds in Syria? Then they want to drag Iran, Syria, Iraq, Turkey into the war. Modestly and not sickly at the same time include all and observe from the side. And at the moment necessary for them to be designated as the arbiter in the porridge brewed by them.

[chidoryan]

because the Kurds are the only ones who cause there sympathy from all these spiders in the bank. All the rest are either Islamist radicals or authoritarian degenerates.

[Seraphimamur]

Americans give money and Kurds build baths. Here is a man with a towel on his head.