The very definition of a bankrupt foreign policy

Guerrilla leaders said the Americans classify the P.K.K. [Kurdistan Workers' Party] as a terrorist group because it is fighting Turkey, an important American ally, while the P.J.A.K. [Party for Free Life in Kurdistan] is not labeled as such because it is fighting Iran.

In fact, the two groups appear to a large extent to be one and the same, and share the same goal: fighting campaigns to win new autonomy and rights for Kurds in Iran and Turkey. They share leadership, logistics and allegiance to Abdullah Ocalan, the P.K.K. leader imprisoned in Turkey.

(NYTimes)

Not often you see it spelled out so clearly, but there it is.