| A plea from a worried
but hopeful Kurd
Dec 13, 2005
By: Benav
I find it totally inconceivable
that any self respecting Kurd would shun the democracy we have built in
Iraqi Kurdistan over the last fifteen years, may I just remind those
individuals that it came about with the loss of 182,000 thousand Kurdish
villagers, the destruction of 3827 thousand villages,
1,754 Schools, 2,450 Mosques, 270
Hospitals. I understand that some sections of Kurdish society feel
alienated at the present moment with the lack of water, oil, electricity
and the apparent continuation of corruption among some officials, but this
does not constitute a reason to throw away the strong position we have
earned at he bargaining table in the state of Iraq. This is a critical
juncture for the Kurdish people of Iraq, the choice now is weather we have
a say and a stake in the new government or whether we become subordinate
to it in everyway imaginable, this is a hard reality we will have to face
if we do not turn out in numbers and vote for the only real option the
Kurdistan Alliance 730. We Kurds have everything to lose and still much to
gain, we so far have had the upper hand because our strong turnout in the
January 30th elections. There are forces at work in and around
Iraq which would absolutely love us not to turn out and vote because it
would seriously weaken our position to the point that they could force
there will upon us on the issues that we hold true to our hearts such as
Kirkuk. And as Kurds we owe it to the mothers of those martyrs, who will
continue to morn for all eternity and their fathers who have an empty hole
in there hearts left by their young courageous sons who bloodied the
Kurdish mountains fighting for the freedoms which we now take for granted.
And also please
consider how lucky we really and let us look at our Kurdish brothers in
Turkey, Iran and Syria and ask them which situation they would prefer,
some corruption and temporary shortages of water, oil and electricity or a
free Kurdistan like the one we live in . And I think we all know the
answer to that question. |
