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Self determination is the way forward for the world (Kurdistan or Tibet)
Kurdishaspect.com - By Peter Stitt
In response to the article "Put Kirkuk to a vote, analysts say" carried by UPI I have to applaud their findings.
The current problems between Georgia and Russia date back to the drawing of the regional boundaries of Georgia that included two completely Russian areas being placed under Georgian jurisdiction. When everyone else in the UK was complaining abut Russia's recent military actions I was saying that they were defending "Russian people" who had been attacked by the Georgian government forces. That border decision was made at the same time as Sevres and Lausanne, the division of Ireland, the ceding of an entirely Armenian area to Azerbejan. All of these decisions, made by utter idiots who bought their commissions, has led to over a hundred years of conflict and endless suffering for untold millions.
The bottom line is that the people who live in what can be defined as a territory should be able to decide which regional authority they wish to belong to. Self determination is the only way forward and so it is with Kirkuk.
And just to annoy the Turkomen who would love to believe that their people have been there since the beginning of time, the Persians have a better claim on Kirkuk than you have so shut up immediately. So how about the people who were there before the Persian Empire? The Kurds and other peoples, certainly not Turks who appeared on the scene thousands of years later. An independent referendum in Kirkuk is long overdue and it would be a constitutional betrayal by the Iraqi government if it were not to occur. If that occurred then I guarantee another one hundred years of conflict in the area and I will gladly contribute personally to it.
On another related issue may I ask all Kurds at every level, from government officials to private citizens, to please take into account the feelings and history of the Assyrians and Armenians. Kurdistan needs friends and so do they. Individually you are nothing but collectively you could be formidable. There is a potentially huge common cause of the smaller peoples of the middle-east/Asia minor there, use it Kurdistan, Armenia and Assyria.
At the end of the day I am just another human being who wants to see "fair play" but all of us have a voice and it is our duty to make that voice heard for Kurds, Armenians, for Assyrians and, yes, also, for Turks, Iranians, Syrians and Iraqis. That's what puts us above the politicians, we see people not profit.
Biji Kurdistan and let's see that Kirkuk referendum
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