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January 28, 2008
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The USA favours the brutal Turkish government over Kurdistan, but why?
Kurdishaspect.com - By Dr Hoshiar Molod (Saudi Arabia)
In the beginning of the war on Iraq in 2003, the American army was attacking forcefully from the south. The Kurdish nation was counting the days to get rid of the fierce regime of Saddam Hussain. At that time all Iraq was living in misery; in Kurdistan people were not only living a normal life, but the Kurdish leaders were also offering to send Peshmarga forces to fight alongside the USA army. Kurdistan and the Kurdish leaders were cherished by and considered to be an ally to the USA.
During the war, even though George W. Bush was asking European countries and others to join the USA in this war, he did turn the Turkish offer down to send troops into Kurdistan. The reason for that was because the USA considered Kurdistan as a friend and didn’t want to offend them, especially when the Kurdish President, Mr. Masood Barzani, stated that Turkish troops would have to cross over our dead bodies.
Baghdad fell and the war against the Iraqi army sort of ended and the Kurdish leaders, together with other leaders in Iraq, started a new transitional government. Since that day Kurdish politics went down hill. Kurdish politicians succeeded in turning their old friends in to enemies and upsetting their enemies further. The Kurdish President decided to take the Iraqi flag down in Iraqi Kurdistan, which made the rest of Iraq, Turkey and all the Arab countries very angry. Kurdistan politicians didn’t consider the influence that those countries could play on the USA, because they were counting on the support of the Kurdish nation.
Every intellectual Kurd’s opinion anywhere in the world considered this period as a new era in Kurdish politics. They had all been predicting that this time was not like any other time in the history of Kurdish politics. This time the USA was on the Kurds’ side and they would not let the Kurds down. The Kurd intellectuals were correct for a while; however things changed.
The situation changed in a way that the USA took Turkey’s side over Kurdistan even though Kurdistan has been the only ally inside Iraq in this last war. The new strategy by the USA is not because of Turkey’s considerable progress in industry as compared to Kurdistan. It is not also because Turkey is an active member of NATO and has a modern army.
Kurdistan has a better financial future than most countries in the region, including Turkey. Kurdistan has access to the largest oil reserves in the world, which easily match or exceed Turkey’s wealth. The question that is asked then is why the USA favours Turkey over Kurdistan, even though Kurdistan had been an ally to the USA in this last war?
It is simply because of the failure of Kurdish politics in Iraq and the region. The Kurdish leaders lost communication with the Kurdish streets and the Kurdish intellectuals.
The USA wouldn’t listen to the Kurdish politicians only; they also listened to the Kurdish streets and the Kurdish intellectuals inside and outside Kurdistan. The USA found out that the Kurdish leaders have alienated everyone around them. The Kurdish leaders have no friends because of the way they rule the Kurdistan region, which has given rise to certain behaviours such as nepotism, corruption and disregard of human rights.
The USA’s policy in Iraq and in the region is changing towards calming the region down. They have to calm Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Syria down. They have to calm Turkey down by no longer supporting a strong Kurdish region in Iraq. Four years ago the USA would have turned down Turkey’s plea to enter Kurdistan, because Kurdistan was considered a democratic place and because the Kurdish nation was in support of their regional government.
The USA has to calm Saudi and Syria down by no longer allowing Iraq to become a non-Arab country and also to give power back to the Sunni Arabs in Iraq at the expense of the Kurdish people.
The USA has to make a choice between Kurdistan and Turkey and they are about to choose Turkey. It’s the time for Kurdistan to wake up from the long lasting sleep; it is a make or break time.
The Kurdish Leaders have to reconsider their policies and their impact on the Kurdish people, the region and the rest of the world. They have to start changing the corrupt system to a just system, where everyone is accountable for their actions, no matter how influential have they become.
Every nation’s fate is decided by the people, and the leader is one of those people, but with more influence.
The ship is sinking; it is up to the Kurdish leaders to stop it!!!
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