One must wonder why this most
incompetent and whimpy organization called the UN is in Kirkuk. Despite its big
name, the lofty ideals in its charter, the impressive building that serves as
its headquarters, its huge budget, and the thousands of employees who draw
undeserved fat salaries, this misnomer of an organization has little to show for
it and is hardly known to have sided with justice or upheld the rights of the
oppressed anywhere in the world since its inception.
With this track record, what
could the UN be doing in Kirkuk, if not to make sure that the issues involved
get so blurred that the occupiers of Kirkuk get to keep their ill-gotten gains
and the Kurds will come away empty-handed? Is it there to solve any problem, or
is it there at the behest of the enemies of the Kurdish people to muddy the
waters and make sure that justice is not done?
Who can deny that the UN is
in Kirkuk to make sure that Saddam’s evil legacy in the province is made
permanent? The UN hasn’t uttered a word against Saddam’s Arabization of Kirkuk
since it started three decades ago and now that there is a chance to reverse
this big injustice against the Kurds through a referendum that will decide the
fate of the province, our friend the UN is rushing in to salvage the situation
in favor of the Arab settlers and their Turkoman allies.
The Un representative in
Iraq, Staffan De Mistura, says that the status of Kirkuk must be solved
“through a political formula” and not a referendum, knowing full well that a
referendum would be favorable to the Kurds, for it will result in the province
being reintegrated into the Kurdistan region, where it has historically
belonged. To block this from happening, the UN wants to impose “a political
formula,” which is a code word for continuing the injustice that has been done
to the Kurds. Of course, the UN is cloaking this devious plan in a specious
language that is not easy to see through, hence the seeming blessing given to it
by the Kurdish leadership.
Given the murky history of
the UN, we must be very suspicious of any plan by this organization designed
supposedly to solve disputes and diffuse potential problems. We instinctively
know that the UN cannot and will not be up to any good in Kirkuk as far as we
Kurds are concerned. This organization is too beholden to the oppressors of the
Kurds to have any sense of fairness towards the Kurds. Whenever there is a
choice between the oppressor and the oppressed, we know whose side the UN will
be on. If the UN didn’t have the baggage that it has, we would have been less
suspicious of its plan for Kirkuk. But we know better. Therefore, the Kurdish
side must reject the UN plan, which is designed to derail justice, and insist on
conducting the overdue referendum.
