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Kurdistan Region proof of positive that US
hasn't completely failed in Iraq
22.2.2007
By Khasraw Pirbal |
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Ongoing discussion, both in America and globally,
would have us all believe that the U.S. has failed
in Iraq.
February 22, 2007
Domestic America, policy study institutions, foreign
policy experts, and strategic advisors all refer to
the failure of America's policies in their war on
terror, specifically their launch of Operation Iraqi
Freedom and its execution.
Both U.S. Democrats and Republicans debate the
failure of the Bush administration's execution of
the war, and offer new platforms and alternative
projects, mostly according to their party
affiliation. Mostly, they just want to accuse Bush's
administration of having exercised wrong policies in
Iraq. Through their strong media, Bush's opponents
have only highlighted the bad news, including the
beheadings and bombings by groups that to this very
day are receiving weapons from Iran and Syria. |
Khasraw Pirbal (Xesrew Pirbal) |
On the regional level,
unfortunately, all of the countries were against
American intervention and opposed the overthrow of
Saddam Hussein's regime. All of these countries have
dictatorial systems of rule and do not respect the
rights of their own people and, similarly, have no
respect for the legitimate demands of Kurds. They
have all been working against freedom and peace, and
that's why they cannot adjust to the democratic
process in Iraq. Therefore, they are trying hard
through their own media channels to bring terrorism
and murder into the spotlight, and consider the acts
as nothing more than resistance.
In the media, unfortunately, America's failure in
Iraq was predicted. However, one thing we know for
sure is that the politics and participation of the
U.S. in Iraq have not completely failed. A perfect
example of the positives that America has
accomplished is evident right here in the Iraqi
Kurdistan Region. With the help of the U.S., its
allied forces, and other peaceful and democratic
countries in the world, all of the mechanisms
necessary to establish and sustain an administration
and an economic infrastructure were put into place,
resulting in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).
America must continue to support the Kurdistan
Region experiment, and show the entire world that
they have not completely failed in Iraq. I think, as
most Kurds do, that from now on America should move
past speaking about freedom and democracy, and
concentrate on working for the development and
revival of the country's economic infrastructure.
They must stress and tie in the economic values of
political success, and take all the steps necessary
to work for the reconstruction of the Kurdistan
economy and the Iraq economy in general. They can
help the KRG by developing the ever-important
production sector. Kurdistan is a calm window of
opportunity and a suitable choice for Iraq's
economic development and revival process.
We have all entered a new stage, both Kurds and
Americans. At this juncture, America must know that
Kurds are the better and more loyal friends to have.
Because of that, we must work together to develop
Kurdistan more actively by getting technology,
capital, and American companies to participate in
the region's growth. More important than all of
this, perhaps, is that there must be a red line
drawn to keep Iraqi Kurdistan Region from the
dangerous areas in Iraq.
America's efforts in Iraq have not been a complete
failure, as we see in Kurdistan Region. America must
continue to work with us to succeed, but they must
now move away from talk about freedom to effectively
participating in the process of making a stronger
economic infrastructure in the region.
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