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Reward loyalty of Kurds in Iraqi Kurdistan
4.2.2008
By Harry Schute - Erbil, Kurdistan-Iraq
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February 4, 2008
I have no problem with the U.S. military rewarding
tribal sheikhs with contracts in thanks for their
turning against the insurgency ("Military: 75% of
Baghdad areas now secure," News, Jan. 18).
My problem is with a policy that has largely ignored
the one group of Iraqis who have been our friends
all along. From the beginning of this war,www.ekurd.net
we have been staunchly
supported by the leaders and people of Kurdistan.
They fought with our soldiers — I was there — and
have offered their blood to keep our soldiers safe.
But they have been taken for granted time and again
and received only a fraction of the reconstruction
support that should be their share.
Often much of what was intended for expenditure in
Iraqi Kurdistan was diverted elsewhere to provide
security for projects that would only be later
sabotaged. Yet, the benefits of the meager
allocations to Iraqi Kurdistan are still being
enjoyed today.
Where is the sanity in that? Wouldn't it be better
to clearly identify at the beginning how we reward
the good and supportive behavior of our friends? The
reward could be held up as an example of what is
possible instead of rewarding those who chose to
blow up our soldiers one month and be on good
behavior the next. Also,www.ekurd.net
the treasury that we
invest could be more wisely spent on those who
appreciate it. Reward those who truly deserve it.
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