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Ladies and gentlemen, dear friends of Kurdistan
National Congress,
As I know many of you are often distressed, hearing
people say the Kurds don't have any friends but the
mountains.
All of you want to see Kurdistan free and
independent, having a national state of her own,
being an equal member in the United Nations.
But then some of you dispair, thinking there never
might be a lobby strong enough to achieve
independence for Kurdistan.
Then - maybe - you remember all those nations who
got their liberty from colonialism in Africa and
Asia, from communist oppression in Eastern Europe
and even from the Ottoman Empire in Greece and many
Arabian countries. And you are asking yourself
why the Kurds for the whole of the 20th century were
unable to win their independence and a nation state
of their own.
Of course there were unfortunate circumstances, for
instance the traditional tribal structures hindering
the Kurds to have an eye to their own interests, and
a certain lack of experience in international
affairs. The Kurdish leaders were used to believe in
personal loyalties, as some are still, and therefore
expected to be treated as equal partners when they
supported the Turks in fighting their enemies and in
the foundation of the Turkish Republic.
They wanted to gain liberty and equality in the Arab
states of Iraq and Syria, and got only oppression
and war and genocide from their socalled Arab
"brethren", and the oppression of the Kurds became
worse than any oppression of any other people in the
world.
And still there is no end of this to be seen.
And Iran, though a multinational state, is
oppressing and torturing the Kurds every day more
since it is an Islamic Republic.
Moreover, the Kurdish parties were affected by
treacherous friends, telling them national
independence would be reactionary. Nation states are
antiquated.
Greater unions and alliances are up-to-date, like
the European Union.
The Kurds have to struggle to change their
authoritarian oppressors into democrats instead of
fighting for the unattainable dream of an
independent Kurdish state. Ironically in reality the
dream of transforming oppressors into democrats is
much more unattainable than the achievement of a
Kurdish state.
And in reality no single member of the European
Union would renounce its existence as an independent
state, and no one is calling for such renunciation.
Why then, I ask you, should the Kurds renounce to
have an independent state of their own, 40 million
people as they are, no less worthy than other people
and other nations?
Therefore the Kurdish leaders in South Kurdistan are
wrong, always declaring independence as a dream and
as unattainable for Kurdistan in our time.
They are forsaking the Kurds, and they are gambling
away this golden opportunity that the United States
are their allies and are present in Kurdistan and do
have an interest in winning Kurdistan as a permanent
base against treacherous Arabs and Persians and
Turks.
All of you know quite well, the Kurds do have
friends in the world, many of them, even influential
and powerful ones.
But up till now the Kurds didn't use these
friendships in an effective way.
One reason may be that most of the Kurds have a very
private understanding of that what's meant by
"friendship" in politics.
>From a friend you must not demand anything.
You have to be pleasing and kind yourself, than you
may hope for kindness and even pity from the other
side, and maybe they will be nice to you.
Poor Kurds were trying this for decades, but there
was never the slightest bit of friendship from Turks
and Arabs and Persians towards the Kurds.
Why then are Kurdish leaders constantly calling
Turks, Arabs, and Persians their friends and
brethren?
Why don't they stop to make fools of themselves?
On the other hand, there are real friends of the
Kurds, in Europe and in the United States and in a
lot of countries all over the world, waiting to hear
what the Kurds are really up to, longing to hear
that the Kurdish leaders respect the will of their
people and call for an independent state, that the
Kurdish leaders call for international support and
recognition.
If you don't declare independence, no one will give
it to you.
If you don't define your aims, no one will be able
to support you.
So we now understand that Kurdistan needs a strong
lobby for finally achieving liberty and
self-determination. How should this lobby be formed?
A strong lobby doesn't exist on the base of
emotions, but on the base of mutual interests. There
are many such interests:
First, the enemies of the Kurds are enemies of
civilization and democracy. They are racists,
chauvinists, fundamentalists, and brutal dictators.
Everyone can see that.
Second, the Kurds are 40 million people, deprived of
human and civil rights, longing for a secular and
democratic society, and open-minded to modern
technology and civilization.
Third, the Kurds are well acquainted with many
languages and cultures. They are skilled to mediate
among different nations and cultures. They are
represented in many states of the world because up
to 4 million Kurds live in exile or in Diaspora.
Forth, Kurdistan is a country, rich of many
resources, especially water and oil. It's got a
strong potential of development.
But a strong lobby must also be based on strong
convincing purposes.
These aims have to be self-determination, liberty,
and independence.
Right now in South Kurdistan an independent state
has to be founded.
Such an independent state will be the base of
liberation of all Kurdistan, and the other parts
will benefit at once, when there exists one single
Kurdish independent state.
To protect the civil rights of the Kurds, a Kurdish
constitution is needed.
If the Kurds unite to struggle for these aims,
leaving party interests aside, they'll have many and
powerful friends in a very short time.
Just remember Eastern Europe. Former members of the
USSR or Yugoslavia, who quickly declared their
independence, quickly won their liberty and were
internationally recognized.
They are now members of the European Union or at
least of the United Nations. Think of Slovenia and
its 2 million people, of Estonia, 1 million people,
of Moldavia, 4 million people, and many others.
If the Kurds rely on their leaders still trying to
win something from their brutal oppressors by
kindness and concessions, they'll loose possibly
everything.
But if South Kurdistan will declare her
independence, the United States or any other country
won't be able to prevent this.
On the contrary, many nations will be glad to
recognize South Kurdistan as an independent nation
state.
The Kurds shouldn't wait for someone bringing
liberty for them on a tray, they have to call for
it, and quickly.
Because only basing on strong demands, on the
intentions of the people in Kurdistan, on the
international law of nations, as it is confirmed by
the United Nations Charter, you will be able to
build a really strong lobby for an independent
Kurdistan. Its worthwhile to work for that.
KNC
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