Statehood assures Kurdish future
Kurdishaspect.com - By Kay Azadabeen
The representative of KRG in the US, a junior diplomat, has written a defensive but interesting article titled "Kurds and the future". It seems he needs to pretend he is not a patriotic Kurdish unionist, but a separatist that prefers Southern Kurdistan to be part of the artificial Iraq instead of being a natural part of a Greater Kurdistan. He attempts to be politically correct and not disclose his true feeling about his people's legitimate rights; however, he cannot hide everything and states "Iraq's Kurds have every right to pursue their national self interests". I believe if he was not afraid of losing his career, he would have said the Kurds in the South should declare independence now.
Regardless how this junior diplomat sells his points to the powerful establishments in the Middle East, he deserves congratulation for his courage to defend the Kurdish cause. Many Kurdish patriots have defended what the KRG representative is trying to defend in a trimmed and politically correct manner. What I found most interesting in the article was that Americans blame Kurds for being "self absorbed"! I think if the Kurds are truly self absorbed now, they need to be congratulated for the lessons they have learned form their friends and foes.
I remember I once had an interesting discussion about genocide with a rabbi. I told him what the Kurds have been going through since World War I, is similar to what the Jews went through during the World War II. I pointed out how the humanists of that time did their share to help our Jewish brothers and sisters. I reminded the rabbi that it is now the duty of Jewish humanists to help their Kurdish brothers and sisters to become free. The rabbi surprised me by stating the Jewish community is in no position to help the Kurds; he expected me to help his cause, and I did not blame him for being self absorbed.
Although Americans have served the free world well, we must be very naïve to think they care about the national interest of non-Americans. Self absorption has been the key to the success of Americans. We must be more naïve to think that Turkish, Persian, or Arab regimes or even majority of their intellectuals ever recognize or care about the national interests of the Kurds. Everything they do is about making sure the Turkish, Persian, and Arab unity and culture is protected, even if it means eliminating the identity, heritage, and the lives of those who are different.
Of course the Kurds neither have been nor should become so self-centered to violate the rights of others. At the same time, if the Kurds hope to have a future, they can not be just at the service of others; they need to assure their own existence through at least one Kurdish independent state, before they become cosmopolitans and participate in a union that serves every individual and every nation equally. At some point they need to have an answer of their question, when will we be free or kay azad abeen?
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April 12, 2008
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