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The US Government Foreign Policy in Iraq,
Iran, Turkey and Syria
25.2.2010
By Hamma Mirwaisi |
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February
25, 2010
There are many Americans working as diplomat,
scholars and advisers in the field of foreign
policy. They are the people who formulate the USA
foreign policy that the US Government is to follow.
Just imagine that the US Government is a cook, who
is going to read a cook book to produce his dishes.
The President and his administration are going to
read what is written and formulated for them by
those diplomats, scholars and advisers.
The diplomats, scholars and advisers will join think
tanks like the conservative AEI the Liberal IPS and
the Center for Strategic and International Studies
plus many others as soon as they no longer have
Governments jobs. They know how the US government is
doing business. The same people in private life turn
around and work as a lobbyist for foreign countries.
I am picking one of them here in this article as an
example because his work is directly relating to my
book "Enemies with the Same DNA" what I want to do
in that part of the world. He is very popular with
Kurdish youth opposing the Barzani and Talabani
administrations in Iraqi Kurdistan and unpopular
with Kurdish youth loyal to the Kurdish cause in
Turkey. Dr. Michael Rubin is a scholar; his research
area is the Middle East, with special focus on Iran,
Iraq, Turkey and Kurdish society. He works for AEI
and was the lead drafter of the bipartisan policy
center's 2008 report on Iran.
I am originally from this region and want to
establish an "Economic Union" for the nations of the
region. I want to forge a long term relationship
between the American people and the people of his
area of research. I am an immigrant and US citizen
but do not belong to AEI or IPS or other think
tanks. I am an ordinary American citizen without
leverage except for my knowledge about the region
and here I am using my pen to speak out about the
welfare of our people in America and in that region
because I belong to both of them.
Here I have taken Dr. Michael Rubin and his work as
an example showing the readers how the US Government
foreign policy works and how it will affect the life
of millions of people.
Who is Dr. Michael Rubin?
He is known for articles listed below and in his
other works; the Kurd, American and other Iranian
people knows what Dr. Michael Rubin's opinions are
toward Kurd and the Kurdish leadership, especially
in Iraq. They know on the surface what he does to
make a living but the Kurd really does not know him
very well. They do not know if he is serving Turks
of Turkey, Arabs of Iraq, Pars of Iran, Arabs of
Syria or others but the Kurd feel that he is the
Kurdish people's friend and an ally. He is taking
the Kurdish people's side against Barzani and
Talabani dictatorship in Iraq and taking the Turkish
Government and the side of their military
dictatorship against the Kurdish people's interest
in Turkey for example.
The Kurd should give him credit for discovering the
corruption in Kurdistan of Iraq. The Kurd should
know that he is doing research on the area where the
majority of the Kurdish people reside according to
his statement here and below: "my Research area is
the Middle East, with special focus on Iran, Iraq,
Turkey, and Kurdish society." The Kurds do not
understand why he is concentrating on Iraqi Kurds
more than other Kurds in Syria, Turkey and Iran.
The Kurdish people have very bad history. They are
stateless people for over one thousand years now.
They have been used by Kurd and non Kurd through out
their history. They are becoming cynical and always
asking each other the motive of others who are
helping us. They are asking themselves what this
person wants from us or what he or she is trying to
do to us. Why do we have to listen to his or her
opinions? The Kurdish experiences are guiding us
Kurds to look at the good and bad carefully. We
Kurds are by nature friendly to others in order to
have them acknowledge us as Kurds. We Kurds are
taught by our Prophet Zoroaster whose religion
existed before others with "the Good Thought, Good
Words, and Good Deeds." this teaching has had a
fundamental effect on our genetics. Our language,www.ekurd.netour
culture and our heritage truly built our being based
on those principle foundations. Perhaps that
teaching did not help us Kurds and that is why we do
not have a country of our own.
Dr. Rubin is working at the American Enterprise
Institute (AEI). The AEI is a conservative think
tank organization. The AEI has great influence on
the policy makers of the USA, especially the
Republican administrations. Also many of their
members are involved in business and working as
lobbyist for large corporations and foreign
countries like Turkey and Saudi Arabia.
The question is how neutral is Dr. Rubin. Is he
working for others that Kurds do not know about? Why
do the Kurds have to listen and believe every word
he or others are saying about Kurdish people and
their leadership?
As I said the Kurds have a bad history; many forces
pitted them against one another. PM of Turkey openly
states to people in the West that Turks know how pit
Kurds against each other. Iraqi and Syrian Arabs
plus their brethrens Persians of Iran can claim the
same thing. The Kurds have this problem because they
are a people without state. The Kurdish leaders are
not well educated people. They do not have much
knowledge of their people before assuming
leadership. There are thousands of other reasons for
the leaders to not be successful. No one ever came
after Median Empire to unite the Kurdish people.
They need a great leader like KayXesraw to unite
them.
The loss of hope can drive a human to insanity.
Repeated failed attempts to achieve certain goals by
individuals or nations will bring great frustration
and disappointment and can lead to a mental
breakdown.
The Airyanem Vaejah nation's failed attempts at
liberation from Arab influence and domination are
driving the entire nation to insanity, especially
the Kurdish nation within the Airyanem Vaejah. They
have been trying to gain certain rights from their
oppressors for so long it has become a psychological
epidemic for the members of this nation; they keep
asking:
What are we doing wrong? Is it because of our
leaders? Is it because we are not a united
people? Is it because we are a greedy people? Is it
because we betray each other to make more money?
What is the reason for our failed attempts since the
fall of Median Empire, to gain back our dignity and
be free from the occupiers of our land? Every nation
has ups and downs. Why have the Airyanem Vaejah
nations, especially the Kurds, been down for so
long?
In conclusions the Kurds should thank people like
Dr. Michael Rubin for their service. But they should
try to make sure that he or others are really their
friends before believing what he writes about the
Kurds and their leadership.
I believe personally that a more humane policy by
the US government's policy makers will create for
the USA people and their Government prosperity and
friendship with other nations around the World. For
the last 30 years the US Government's policy makers
used lobbyists and special interest groups advise
which has brought us the US people, disaster for the
economy and hatred from people around the World.
I believe helping other nations around the world to
form an Economic Union similar to EU of Europe will
bring wealth and friendship to American people and
the US government around the World.
References
Center for Strategic and International Studies
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Strategic_and_International_Studies
Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_for_Policy_Studies
The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy
Research (AEI)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Enterprise_Institute
The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy
Research (AEI) is a Conservative think tank founded
in 1943. Its stated mission is "to defend the
principles and improve the institutions of American
freedom and democratic capitalism—limited
government, private enterprise, individual liberty
and responsibility, vigilant and effective defense
and foreign policies, political accountability, and
open debate.
Shake-Up in Kurdish Politics
20.2.2010 By Michael Rubin
http://www.ekurd.net/mismas/articles/misc2010/2/independentstate3538.htm
Hamma Mirwaisi,
is the author of the forthcoming book, "Enemies with
the Same DNA". Born in Iraqi, Kurdistan, he is a US
citizen; he currently resides in the United States;
is an electrical engineer by trade; he spent the
early years of his life participating in the
struggle for the freedom of Kurd from the tyrannical
rule of Saddam Hussein.
Mirwaisi is a regular
contributing writer for ekurd.net. You may reach the author via
email at:
hmirwaisi@gmail.com
The views expressed are the author's alone.
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