The American general who is NATO’s senior military commander says alliance members can negotiate with Iran over supply routes into Afghanistan. The mere possibility could affect the United States and its position on larger geopolitical issues.
Individual NATO member nations can make deals with Iran to arrange for the transportation of supplies to their forces in Afghanistan as an alternative to using the increasingly dangerous supply routes in Pakistan, NATO commander Gen. John Craddock said Feb. 2, The Associated Press reported. Craddock said the decisions would be “national decisions” and that NATO members should act in accordance with their national interests and with their ability to resupply their forces. Some experts suggested that NATO members with good relations with Iran, such as Germany, Italy and France, could try to set up an alternate supply route via the Iranian port of Char Bahar. Craddock said of the possibility that “Options are a good thing, choices are a good thing, flexibility in military operations is essential.”
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