No personality cult in Kurdistan
Dr. Hawramany. June 25, 2002 

Kurdistan observer
July 1, 2002 

In contrast to their majority nations stubborn thoughts about the Kurds, in the last several years, some Arab, Turk and Persian political groups have expressed “relatively” more positive views concerning the Kurdish people and their state of affairs. Nevertheless, except in a few cases, their genuine thoughts have been far distant from the aspirations of the Kurds as a nation (entitled to the same national rights that their occupier nations enjoy today). For the skeptics amongst the Kurds, these elements lack sincerity and/or have not gone far enough in favor of the Kurdish rights. Based on their experiences, some Kurds even go further by suspecting their motives. They believe that such Arab, Turk and Persian gestures are prompted by either a tactical disposition to achieve their own specific goals only to withdrew their “momentary” loyalty later; or in effect, to reduce or neutralize the nationalist passion of the Kurds in their struggle for a final solution “Independence”.

Considering that these “apparently” friendly elements constitute a very small minority within their nations, they don not have enough influence to effect any significant changes. Certainly, they lack the required stamina to steer events in the direction of the Kurdish interest. Such justified doubts combined with past experiences lead many Kurds to believe that to find effective support and genuine loyalty amongst their occupier nations, Kurds should give up their old regional style cliches for forming alliances. Instead, they have to adopt a realistic and visionary approach that better reflect the realities of the New World. Kurds need to develop an approach that is more along the lines of mathematical formulas than the influences of Arab, Turk, Persian poetry and literature. Cheap Middle Eastern gestures of brotherhood (based on common this and common) have all proven to be nonsense. Such mere verbal commitments are marketplace rhetoric that is as good and reliable as a sieve holding water. Repeated Turk, Arab, Persian state betrayals that have received consent by virtue of silence from all the sections of their nations can easily attest to that. Unless something is “terribly” wrong with the Kurds, otherwise by now, they must have developed a permanent instinctive sense of suspicion of any sweet words (but poisonous and deceptive intentions) coming from their occupier nations. When it comes to their true enemies, Kurds need to flush out their old good heartedness and trusting nature. Instead, they need to develop more rational and objective faculties that are based on past experiences and present observations.

In an area (the Middle East) where the urge for social development in the direction of building civil societies is as slow and patient as the camel that roams the desert, Kurds can’t afford the same pace and patience. Unlike their occupiers, they are in the ditch now and their survival depends on the combination of their ingenuity and agility to devise an escape mechanism to pull themselves out before they take their final breath as a nation.

With simmering economically based global conflicts, major upheavals are near and imminent. There are no doubts that the Kurds will get wrapped up in some of the violent conflicts. If they get caught by surprise while unprepared to deal with sudden developments, they may face the worst consequences. Based on their past experiences, Kurds are extremely vulnerable to be expensed for others goals and objectives. 

To some, it may sound like an overstatement to hear that September 11, 2001 would directly influence the fate of the Kurdish nation. It is only a matter of time before Islam religion “at the service of Arab nationalism” is used against the Kurds at full force. The Kurdish issue in nature is on the opposite side of Arab and Islam balance sheet. The reason to include Islam is due to the fact that Islam is an Arab born religion and there are over 250 million Muslim Arabs whose many oil rich states have influenced and continue to influence all other Muslim nations. Judging from their past record of conduct, non of these Muslim nations would be willing in any way to disorient the Arabs in favor of the Kurds. Therefore, their unfavorable and bias stand would likely to continue indefinitely. After all, all the nations that have been murdering Kurds by tens of thousands, stealing their land, oppressing and humiliating them for many decades are Muslim nations.

The other greater factor is the land. Economically, Kurdistan is of vital strategic importance and is viewed as a fair challenge by every existing power with appetite for expansion. The divided and stateless Kurds lack matching military power to protect themselves. Regardless, they have to choose between saving Kurdistan or letting it be completely stolen by others. As the world population growth is on the rise and competition for land and resources becomes more intense, pressure on Kurdistan will only increase from her occupier nations for total and irreversible integration into their status-co political state boundaries Since ever it was divided, Turks, Arabs and Persians have had a mutual understanding and cooperation on not to loosen their grip on Kurdistan.

As resent news reports indicate, in addition to North Kurdistan that Turkey currently occupies, she is craving all or most of South Kurdistan. In the Event of a TurkoArab war over Kurdistan, It is most likely that both sides will agree to decimate the Kurds first then split the loot with the outcome to be determined by both military and diplomatic muscles of the contenders and their collaborating world powers.

The eventual wins and losses of the Kurds by far rely on the quality and effectiveness of their future “master” plan that guides them to preserve the right of the Kurds to every inch of their ancestral homeland, as well as keeping their nation out of harms way and reap all the possible benefits from the mistakes and misfortunes of their enemies and occupiers. In the absence of such a plan, the other possible outcome will be “once again” to fall a victim to enemy’s better designed and deadly plans. The success of any Kurdish survival plan is dependent upon the abilities of the planners to accurately identify the strengths and the weaknesses of the Kurdish nation, their enemies, as well as (if any at all) the strategic allies of the Kurds. 

Having suggested that, it would be rather doubtful for such a plan to develop and/or gain the expected viability, if the Kurds fail to protect the flesh and bone relationship sacred ideal between the entire Kurdish nation and every square inch of their traditional homeland (the greater Kurdistan). And such a sense of Kurdishness and patriotic responsibility can only grow and prosper with a solid and sincere notion of an independent Kurdistan, rather than leaving the gold mine in the guardianship of notorious thieves.
 
 
 

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