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Five Peshmerga forces were just killed getting
caught unguarded in Baghdad 21.6.2007
By Steve Tataii, eKurd.net contributing writer
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June
21, 2007
(New York), eKurd.net
Open Letter To U.S. President George Walker Bush
I blame it on arming some Sunnis as the new strategy
to fight the terrorists. Sir, Thank you for the war
of Liberation, but we have accomplished our main
mission In removing Saddam’s regime from power, we
must secure the two nations of Kurds, and Arabs, and
bring back our soldiers as soon as that’s done.
Please read the entire of this vital article as a
fresh look at what we're not doing, and we must
begin doing right.
We have caused to kill more Sunni, and Shia than
Saddam killed innocent Iraqi Civilians. At a time
like this, when Sunnis are at their highest state of
being disenchanted by all this killings since our
invasion in 2003; to arm Sunni or Shia to fight
terrorists is, and will become our biggest mistake. |
Steve Tataii, author of several books on Kurds and
Kurdistan and
recent U.S. Senator
Candidate in the 2006 elections-
Tataii website |
There is no way to tell
the Ba’asi Arabs from ordinary Sunni or Shia. This
by itself is a political suicide, and I'm totally
against it to continue. To end the sectarian
violence we must encourage peace from where it was
broken to pieces, and not by arming the Sunni-Shia
insurgence nor in the name of al -Qaeda elements! We
must secure the Mosques, and respect people's
culture, and privacy in their own backyard.
The unidentified Sunnis, and Shias we are arming
will be killing Kurds, and even other Arab, and
minority civilians mostly in Baghdad, and target our
own troops. The Sunnis are obviously angry, fed up,
and hopeless even if half of their non-Ba’asis were
not in that state of mind prior to the bombing of
the Golden Mosque in Samarra, sparking attacks, and
their daily killings by Shia, hence in a tit for tat
chain Reaction, leading to the both sects killing
each other at an unprecedented rate.
Who exactly bombed that mosque, and if al-Qaeda did,
where is the evidence?
Al-Qaeda could be from any country, so in essence
the cleaning up operation can best be done by the
natives of Iraq, and as Pat Buchanan on last
Friday’s news program suggested; “The apparent
effective way to get rid of Terrorists in Sunni area
is if we pulled back, or as I would put it step
back, and let them fight the terrorist”. This, as
Sunnis have tried to do or have shown interest doing
so, but as long as we’re at their throats in their
backyard, the only thing they can do to survive is
to stay out of our way, and worry about their own
lives lost, mistaken as terrorists. If we push the
local Arabs too far, they may join or may have
already joined a form of al-Qaeda, hence we have
lost their support, and have probably added to our
conflict.
Therefore, this by no means call for arming the
Sunni nor the Shia, whom by the way are also at odds
with al-Qaeda. We must only arm the Kurds at the
present time, and no one else.
You see sir, we are yet to prove who bombed Samarra
Mosque? We are yet to prove if al-Qaeda’s committed
members are really operating in Iraq as we continue
to claim they are, or they are just the Saddamists,
and Ba’asi Sunni-Shia dead enders, but also Arab
natives’ own resistance groups to our long
occupation.
Honorable President Bush, most importantly, Let’s
reassess our strategies in this war, and let’s not
force the Kurds to get involved in Sunni-Shia wars
the way we have been dictating to their Leaders, who
have reluctantly sent nearly 2 Peshmerga regiments.
It is not being culturally sensitive, when we expect
the Kurds to give their lives in Sunni-Shia wars
they wish to have nothing to do with. Let’s not
persuade Kurdish Leaders to send more Peshmerga
forces to Baghdad to act as our hired killers,
forced to kill Arabs by no choice, and in self-Defense.
This does not go well with their future Kurdish-Arab
neighborly relations in their Southern borders to
Kurdistan.
There should never be such a thing as Kurdish peace
keepers in Arab Iraq other than Kurds keeping Peace,
and security in their own Kurdish region the way
they have always done, and not expected to get
involved after what their civilians have gone
through since 1920s, and moreover since 1963
Saddam’s beginning rein.
This would be unrealistic, unfair, against our
moral, and principles of defending Human Rights.
Certainly if Americans have spotted an injustice
around the world, we have immediately rushed to end
it, and save the victims, but have not expected the
victims to be re-victimized. If there was any quick
solution to this war it should have started by
letting the Kurds in the North to have their
independence at least 3 years ago, so that they
could move on with their reconstruction of the ruins
from the past 87 years, in peace, calm, and
security, which was the least we could have done. To
expect Kurdish nation remain in other nations
in-fights is not a moral thing to do. Kurds must not
be looked at as Arab sects babysitters, and based on
that be exploited, nor should they have to do this
in exchange for favors such as their unreleased
reconstruction money, which they are yet to receive
in the full amount of 8 billion dollars, and not the
1.2 billion piecemeal.
If Kurds were left in their own secured homeland,
and remain strong, we would only have to worry about
the South, West, and Baghdad, and our job of
securing those areas would even be easier. We have
simply held the Kurds captive even after their
forceful captivity during the Saddam’s regime. We
need to change that Sir. Kurdish independence is in
the palm of our hands. What are we waiting for?
There is no such a thing as Kurdish-Sunni-Shia
Unification, and there never can be any. On the
other hand: Given their recent history of conflicts
after 1923’s imposed fusion of Kurds, and Arabs into
one state "Iraq" by colonial powers: “There is not,
and there can never be any
Kurdish-Arab-Turkish-Persian unity in
Iraq-Iran-Turkey-Syria, after so many bloody wars,
including Halabja chemical bombing, and ANFAL to say
the least. The Four mentioned states usurping
Kurdistan if I may remind you, were all artificially
carved up by the major European powers of colonial
era in their busy schedule of slicing up world’s
nations, and this was one of their most outlaw, and
callous projects, because it has led to the killing
of a great number of the most ancient people, about
3.5 million Kurdish civilians so far.
In the greater Kurdistan, today’s home to over
50,000,000 Kurds in 4 parts, not one part has had a
recognized independent state, while there have are
22 Arab states, 6 Turkic states, and 3 Persian
states.
Sir, we have had wrong strategies in this war, but
admitting or denying it is not going to bring back
the lives lost as in any other war, and Democrats
are greatly responsible to take most of the blame in
this, for their lack of cooperation, bickering, and
nonsense Partisan diatribes. To reassess our actions
now, and recognize a clear strategy is the only
correct course of action. The world community are
aware of the fact; that the aforesaid countries had,
and still have puppet regimes often brought to power
by our own CIA’s covert or overt executed plans or
brought to power by our manipulation of their
politics for their people to do the same on our
behalf, hoping to reach the same results. Our past
intentions haven’t always been “People oriented”,
and sensitive, rather it has been, as I would put
it, special interest “Corporate Heads Oriented”.
This has damaged our American principles for
Freedom, peace, and Justice around the world, and I
know this is why you have had a hard time to give us
back our true American character, but as you have
bravely stood up against all odds; God almighty will
be your guidance Sir.
Just imagine, if the many confused Democrats with no
sense of understanding about this war come to power.
Except a few of them, the rest shall overwhelm
whatever we have so far achieved for Kurds, and take
the same old rotten path by taking the side of the
villains, and bring back the oppressors, who will in
turn bring back the same Saddam like regimes. We
just can’t afford to wait for that to happen Sir. We
must support Kurds in their permanent nation
building process.
Again, Kurdish military units or Peshmerga should
not be engaged in the Sunni-Shia Wars, and they
should be in their own Kurdish region to help, and
secure the safety of their Kurdish citizens within
the Kurdish map in the North.
Sir, you, and I nor the Kurds should carryout the
wishes of the world’s corporate heads, and do what
they wish us to do in killing all of their suspected
threats to oil fields of Kurdistan nor Basra, and we
must not pretend Globalization is any different than
Colonialism with slightly different definitions, and
means. If Globalization is inevitable, which is not;
then at least its process should not be at the cost
of millions of innocent civilian lives to get to the
oil in Kurdistan, and the unholy “Heads” do not have
to kill millions of Kurds, and others, but if they
use their Egoistic brains, and poor visions; they
can actually see; that they can purchase Kurdish oil
from Kurds themselves, and Basra oil from their
respective Arab nations.
It is only a matter of time; that these rightful
owners, Kurds, and Arabs, will learn; that the
actual oil money is not divided among them in an old
fashion way, but rather it is in form of credits
registered through a central international Monetary
fund system without the hand exchange of money, all
but a very small amount of actual cash. This is why
it is important; that we do not delay releasing
Kurdish reconstruction share of the 23 billion
dollars. The 1.2 billion dollars has just not been
enough. Their actual share is 8 billion dollars.
They have bills to pay, wages to pay, and building
supplies to buy, not mentioning many many other
needs left suspended.
Soon the winter will arrive, and tens of thousands
of internal Kurdish refugees, and those in need of
proper homes will need to live in reasonable
housings. Kurdistan need at least two large electric
power plants to provide electricity to millions of
Kurds. They need drinking water plants, and road
constructions to name a few.
Frankly Sir I believe in the past we have had a very
cold, and senseless foreign policy toward Kurds for
nearly a Century, and here, I’m still trying to
remain within the criteria in speaking about Kurdish
people’s well being, because if we don’t correct our
approach soon, we will have again betrayed the
Kurds, and left the region with a stateless Kurdish
population open to the surrounding mentioned fascist
regimes’ assaults, when we’re irresponsibly arming
the Sunnis instead of first arming the Kurds, who
have become one of or the strongest ally with us in
this war, and have even answered to your secretaries
demand for Peshmerga participation, which as I
stated earlier is not a moral request.
Last Friday in the media was suggested; that it
appears that the bombing of Samarra Mosque was done
by unknown Americans. They did not specify who, and
what group, and under whose orders. If this is true,
then this is really sick, and we must get to the
bottom of this investigation, and find out if there
has been one. I personally don’t think so, and if
any,
it must have come from an external enemy’s camp.
I Think We Need To Take Four Simple Action Steps
Very Quickly, and end this chaotic WAR. They are:
1- Declare the South Kurdistan in the North, which
has been Self-Ruled since 1992 an Independent
Kurdish state immediately, and cause UN to allow
entering its membership by doing the same at once.
We are at least 3 years late in doing so after the
two major Kurdish parties were unified during the
statelessness period brought upon them since 1920s
League of Nations’ aborted treaty of Serves for
Kurds, Armenians, and Azaris, and because we should
be thankful of God; that they have been able to
defend themselves with simple defensive weaponry,
but suffer heavy casualties, and surviving all these
years. Since 1923 they have been thrown before the
four well supported, and armed military forces,
usurping their land like vultures, while assisting
their Colonial masters for the following 80 years of
oil piracy from Kirkuk oil fields. This is the least
we must do quickly, before we loose all of our
credibility among other Nations, and I mean “ALL
OTHER NATIONS”. It would be regrettable if we don’t.
2- Let’s announce our departure in a tentative set
date, and before that date encourage peace between
Sunni-Shia Arabs, to be a mandatory requirement if
they want us to leave sooner, but with the assurance
of peace, and stability among the two, since Kurds
have already been Self-Ruled since 1992, and we have
already overthrown Saddam, and almost all of his
subordinates, leaving the few thugs or Saddamists,
and foreign fighter dead enders be removed by people
themselves.
3- We must help the Kurds to complete the long
overdue implementation of article 140, and allow
them to secure all ethnically cleansed targeted
cities, villages, and provinces below 36 parallel,
so that they are back in the hands of their rightful
owner Kurdish people, and under the sovereign
Kurdistan’s government authority led by the
honorable President Massoud Barzani, and not any
other unknown non-Kurdish territory’s Rule. This is
extremely important, because as Kurds have not
invaded other nations’ territories; they will never
let their people, and motherland remain outside of
Kurdistan, and this especially includes Kirkuk, and
all other Kurdish areas within Kurdistan.
4- Let’s make it clear to Turkey, and Iran; that we
will decisively take out their military Hardware or
arsenals in their bases on the ground if they ever
step a foot into Kurdish territory without visa or
permission as described, and at that time the
usurped Kurdish territory invaded by them will be
assisted to permanently become Liberated with each
forming their own governments. Unless; that not only
they must respect their Kurdish neighbor state’s
boundaries in South Kurdistan, but they must begin
giving full autonomy to the invaded Kurdish regions
usurped by them, and must begin to treat the Kurds
there no different than Persian or Turkish citizens
or groups, helping the Kurds to recover, and repair
the war destructions left behind by their regimes,
and also stabilize the level of developments, and
modernization kept behind, and bring it to the same
standards as the other parts if not better,
otherwise the Plan of Independence for those
Kurdistan parts will remain open on the table
indefinitely.
Thank you Mr. President, and good luck to you in
ending this war, wishing that you remain as our
brave champion among all other U.S. Presidents, and
Happy Birthday to you Sir.
Steve Tataii is a prolific Kurdish author of
several recent books related to Iraq War, Kurds and
Kurdistan in English. He's the President, and
founder of K.U.R.D.S. NGO since 1991, founded to
help refugees passing through the pacific. He was
also a 2006 U.S. Senator candidate, and the seat for
U.S. House in the 2002 contested elections.Tataii
has lived in Hawaii since 1976, and has obtained his
degrees in Political Science, and Math from UH Manoa.
He has written, and lectured extensively about the
Kurds, their history, and contemporary Kurdish
Political situation since 1920s' unjust partition of
Kurdistan by colonial powers, leading to many wars
for independence, and creating the today's Iraq War
dilemma.
www.tataiiforcongress.com
* Steve Tataii is the author of several books on
Kurds, and Kurdistan in English. He was also the
recent U.S. Senator Candidate in the 2006 elections.
Exclusively for eKURD.NET. You may reach the author via
email at: tataii2003congress(at)msn.com
* North Kurdistan (Turkey-Kurdistan), South
Kurdistan (Iraq-Kurdistan)
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