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The Future of Kurdistan is Gloomy
7.7.2012
By Muhsin Kikani
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From right Kurdistan president
Masso ud Barzani (KDP),
Iraqi president Jalal Talabani (PUK), Nawshirwan
Mustafa, the head Gorran (Change movement) the main
Kurdish opposition in Iraqi Kurdistan. Gorran is a
rival to the ruling PUK and the KDP, his party
scored a success in Kurdish elections in 2009,
taking several seats from the incumbent parties.
July 7, 2012
Kurdistan has been through out history an
unconquerable castle . Despite the divisions,
genocides, displacement, Turkification, Arabization
it is still standing tall .Perhaps too tall for a
nation which is surrounded by most of the major
powers in the region . The enemies of Kurdistan have
learned their lesson a long time ago which is " You
can not defeat the Kurds and only Kurds can defeat
Kurds", Thus came the emphasis on buying out Kurdish
groups loyalty and putting them against other Kurds
if needed . The policy have worked so far with
astonishing success rate and cost us hundreds of
thousands of deaths by our own hands with nothing to
show for except a handful of Rials, Dinars and Liras
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Kurdish political parties in southern Kurdistan
[Iraqi Kurdistan] have failed the nationalism test
despite the tremendous opportunity being offered
with American liberation . They are still fighting,
planning, and undermining each other secretly and
some times in the open .The dream of unity has never
been further than it is now . The big ones are
grabbing power like there is no tomorrow and the
small ones are a gun for hire politically for now .
If there is anything we have learned so far that
democracy does not work in such environment and it
has been a major contributor to the problem .
Dictatorship is not a solution either since we have
several of those and it will lead to divisions
within divisions .
The future of Kurdistan is gloomy to say the least .
For a Kurd to grab his AK47 to confront Turkish or
Iranian troops is a delight and comes with
tremendous pride, but when that is done they tend to
switch to self destruct mode .
Southern Kurdistan is booming economically and there
is certain level of freedom and democracy which we
can all be proud of . There is no serious threats
from anyone towards the de-facto state that has been
establish since 2003, Yet the relation among
political groups has never been more intense and
their finger is always on the trigger .
The cracks started to show up on the surface with
Gorran [Change movement] and their chaotic
demonstrations that wanted nothing but a complete
and total destruction of everything we have built so
far . Despite the obvious intentions of breaking
down the Kurdish alliance they still managed to
convince the public of their good intension and the
poor and uneducated Kurds believe them . The
response from Kurdistan Democratic Party KDP and
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan PUK was soft and timid,
but they manage to put the cork on the bottle for
little while. Gorran since then have been plotting
KRG's downfall,www.ekurd.net
but this time with the support of Arabs and Iranian
to ensure that their next destructive step will not
go in vain like it did the first time . Their sudden
and close relation with Iran is a bad indication of
what is to come and possible alliance between PUK
and Gorran is on the horizon to counter KDP's
influence and popularity which is on the rise .
The masters of the puppets will win again and we as
a nation will once again will try to blame &
validate everyone's stand and regret the lost
opportunity and the cycle goes on.
Muhsin Kikani, Iraqi Kurdistan - Ekurd.net
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