Allies of convenience destined for power struggles of treachery

After Raqqa & Mosul, Fates of ISIS and Syria & Iraq Rest on a Bigger Battle is a report fraught with unresolved conflict between allies of convenience dedicated to win a battle which when accomplished dissolves into power struggles of treachery. Unfortunately the treachery will be American by trying to ally irreconcilable tribal sects.  We will thank our Kurdish fighters win in Raqqa by handing them over for summary execution by a hostile Sunni Arab sect backed by Turkey. In Iraq after the conquest of Mosul Sunni Arabs will be hunted down and persecuted by Shiite Baghdad and their Iranian sponsors.

The moment is a “major crossroads” in the conflict, said Kamel Wazne, who studies Hezbollah, the United States and the Middle East and teaches at the American University of Beirut.

The Americans want to prevent the establishment of a “Shiite crescent” of influence from Iran to Lebanon, Mr. Wazne said, and to maintain “a piece of what is taking place in Syria.”

“They will not allow the Iranians and those they support to have a victory at the expense of the Americans in the whole region,” he added.   

Does the U.S. State Department  really think that Iran will give up the Shiite crescent they already have?