Thursday, January 02, 2020

Some Tweets from Yerevan Saeed


  •  Pinned Tweet
    My new piece for The 's anti- effort must start from its oil sector
  • It’s Friday. Usually it makes mobilization easier for protests. And let’s see what Sistani has to say on death of Abu Mahdi Muhandis and QS.
  •   Retweeted
    Just in: Sen. Murphy (D-CT) slams Trump after POTUS warned Erdogan against Libya intervention: "Turkey is moving into Libya because America under Trump is weak—Erdogan ignored us in Syria & now he is going to do the same in Libya. Nobody fears us anymore. Nobody listens to us"
  • Hard power never achieves its ends. US seems to depends on that to deal with PMU. Probably it wants to work with pro US iraqis. But who would trust Trump after what he did to Kurds in 2017 in Iraq & Syria in 2019? Trump harmed US interests for unforeseeable future in ME.
  • The escalation between the US and PMU will either lead to a civil war or a coup.
  • Surprised with flow of analysis & policy recommendations urging US to help Iraqi govt & military as if Washington has been only watching. It reminds me of Einstein’s theory of insanity “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
  • When people understand that Iraq is a lost cause. The focus should be where things work.
  • Teaching at Princeton --- with blood on his hands
  • PMF says it withdrew from the vicinity of the US Embassy in Baghdad after securing a guarantee to expel U.S. troops legally through Parliament.
  •   Retweeted
    If you had only stopped Shia militias attack on Kurds in Kirkuk, they would have thought twice before attacking U.S bases. But you told your generals "let them fight, fight." The mess is the result of your incompetency and lack of understanding of foreign affairs.
  • Green Zone is not safe. All foreign diplomatic representations, companies, NGOs and etc should review their security protocols. It's best to move to Erbil until the Iraqi government credibly can provide protection. Yesterday's events proved gov & Iraqi military have no authority.
  •   Retweeted
    A statement from President Nechirvan Barzani - President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq ‘We consider the recent events and the attack on the US Embassy in Baghdad deeply concerning, unacceptable and endangering Iraq’s interests.’