Paraskinio – 19/08/2017, issue 592, p. 34

I have used the term “Creative Chaos” many times in my articles to describe the way the US handles its international affairs, despite the fact that it is rejected by some analysts and intellectuals as a conspiracy theory. Reality, however, confirms that all former and current US administrations work on the principle of establishing conflicts that they appear to want to resolve, while through the resolution process they use their power to make the most of and the conflict and the solution. History confirms this fact, if we want to be pragmatic and not to see events and conflicts emotionally. History confirms this fact, if we want to be pragmatic and not deal emotionally with events and conflicts. It is no coincidence that, in a survey published by the World Economic Forum on the countries with the most positive global influence, the US ranks among the lowest.

We all know the role of the United States in the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East. In Iraq, where the Bush administration invaded in late 2002 and ousted former President Saddam Hussein within a few days, it deliberately failed to restore stability in the country through covert support for a number of Iraqi militias and the creation of a conflict between Iraqi Sunnis and Shiites that continues to this day. The next administration, led by Barack Obama, also did not contribute to the stabilization of Iraq, but rather to the disintegration of the country by supporting Iranian influence within the Iraqi government on the one hand and the secession of Iraqi Kurdistan on the other. As a result, US governments have been able to steal hundreds of billions of dollars from Iraqi oil without any hindrance.

In the Syrian crisis, which has been going on for more than six years, the US government deliberately managed the crisis without imposing a solution, and not because it is difficult and complicated. As for the Ukrainian crisis and the Russian involvement in it, the Obama administration played an important role in supporting the uprising against the ruling pro-Russian party. However, the same US government did not support the local popular movement to resist the Russian power that managed to re-annex the Crimean peninsula and did not prevent Russia from supporting its separatist militias in eastern Ukraine.

Previous scenarios do not differ from those of current differences between the Arab Gulf states. Just a few days divide the visit of President Trump to Saudi Arabia from the start of this controversy.As a result, the US government, showing its support for Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt against Qatar, managed to sign military agreements worth hundreds of billions of dollars. On the other hand, Qatar was motivated to sign a deal worth about 12 billion dollars for the purchase of 36 F-15, in order for the US to withdraw their support on the other side and stand in the middle. The US government has fueled the crisis, placed itself as a mediator for its resolution, and ultimately is the winner of this management with hundreds of billions of dollars just causing “Creative Chaos.”