Posted on 12/08/2008 7:10:41 PM PST by Righting
Towards another disaster By Aso Karim The Kurdish Globe Thursday, 04 December 2008, 02:04 EST Since the Iraqi State has been established under the hands of the English, only the Kurds asked for power-sharing, decentralization, and autonomy, and are now insisting on federalism, democracy, and accordance. The Arab elite see those demands of the Kurds as separatist and rebellion. In short, Kurds were the makers of change in Iraq, but they couldn't find a large front of change around themselves that can accept part of those demands. As a result they have faced big disasters. [...] ...of the governing [Arab] elite, according to their ideological and political backgrounds [...] The source of that is the very idea of power hunger and centralism that were brought to Iraq by the English in the 1920s, and which was developed by the pan-Arabism movement that was developed in 80 years. This has only brought about disaster.
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It’s only a matter of time until the Kurds in Iraq get steamrolled again. Obambi will do nothing but vote present.
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