I just felt that I should write again about the Kirkuk issue. The July 22 vote by the Parliament and the consequent Veto of the presidential council or whatever they call it was point that is worth stopping at. This is another reminder of how the political parties currently in "real" power in Iraq have sold Iraq and are now literally splitting the winnings. Iraq is a source of renewable power and income and they are not going to give it away full stop.
As I mentioned in a previous blog, back in 2005, the Shi'a and Kurds (and I'm talking about the political parties not the ordinary Iraqis forming the segments of the Iraqi society and there is a big difference) as major political forces in post-Saddam Iraq got into a strategic alliance against the Sunnis. The Shi'a (strongly backed by Iran) wanted to make sure that the Sunnis stay as weak as can be for good and the Kurds (who really don't give a rats a$$ about Iraq and are systematically working towards and independent Kurdistan) cleverly understood that and got into this alliance with the Shi'a for a price (as always) and this time it's Kirkuk, the oil capital of the North. That's why we saw the persistent efforts by the Shi'a led by the Islamic Supreme Council (Al Hakim gang) to make sure that Lirkuk goes to the Kurds as per their old arrangement.
On the other hand, the Sunnis (particularly the Islamic Party) are literally lost! they are not respected and are not treated as partners in the political process as they would like to show themselves. They just want to be part of the show but the Shi'a and Kurds keep reminding them that they are not part of the show/game. They don't know what to do! They participated in the political process under few conditions that were never met by the Shi'a-Kurdish alliance and will never be (remember the constitutional changes!). Al Hashimi and his comrades have lost their base amongst the Arab Sunnis and they know that. His absence during the debates of local elections law was not a coincidence. It was planned and I don't buy the surgery claims cause a sinus surgery is not something that you can't postpone when your country is about to be split apart. Al Hashimi just wanted to keep his relationship with his "partners" in the political process safe and the hell with Iraq. On another note, the Awakening councils are getting their ducks in a row and I expect that they will cause a lot of damage to the Islamic Party's chances in the next elections. Not that they are definitely gonna be better than the Islamic party but at least we can give them the benefit of the doubt for the time being! So Mr Al Hashimi, enjoy while it last, I don't think you'll be there after the next elections. I know I won't vote for you.
As for the recent "relative" peace and calmness that Iraq has enjoyed, I expect it will end soon. The reason is that the political parties in power now need to remind the ordinary Iraqis that they are not safe and will do anything to ensure that and that the fight has to go on to protect them from the terrorist and along the way, they will make sure that people's fear will make them vote for them again, like last time.
As for the minorities and all ordinary Iraqis from all religions and sects, God be with you. In fact, You are on your own. Just make sure you remember that upon the next elections.
Showing posts with label Iraqis. Show all posts
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Sunday, August 10, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
The Most Un-Patriotic People on Earth!
What I’m gonna talk about here is something that I have thought long about and have discussed with my friends and family many many times by now and every time I raise this subject, I get nowhere in terms of getting people, Iraqi people to think and to be objective about this issue. This issue is a “Murgatna Ala Ziyagna, i.e. مرگتنا على زیاگنا ” issue. This is an Iraqi-to-Iraqi talk that nobody else other than Iraqis has the right to get involved in.
Most Iraqis agree that Saddam Hussein was a tyrant and a war criminal and during his era in power, Iraqis suffered the unthinkable and when he was toppled, I for one, was very happy to see his time as a ruler of Iraq come to an end and was really looking forward to a much brighter future for my country and see Iraq takes it’s position between the nations of the world. Iraqis have suffered enough under Saddam and they deserve every chance to live and lead a normal life but that, of course, did not happen. Instead, Iraqis have and still are suffering yet again but now under the rule of a bunch of traitors who have sold their souls and their country to the highest bidder be it the US or Iran in the most disgustful and disgraceful way.
With the wisdom of hindsight, one has to think WHY? Why Iraqis have to go through this? What did we do that no other nation in the entire world has done that we deserve all this forever going agony and suffering? I don’t know really and wish somebody can tell me BUT what I know is that we Iraqis are the MOST UNPATRIOTIC PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET! Why? Because you would think that after sharing all the pain under Saddam (excluding most of the traitors in power whom have not shared that with the rest of Iraqis and which explain their indifference about Iraq and Iraqis), we Iraqis would really be looking forward to turn the page on the Saddam Era and look forward to re-building our country and shaping up a better future for us and for future generations but what we did? We get engrossed into a sectarian civil war provoked and initiated by our very neighboring enemies and we spend all our might and energy killing each other and meanwhile the people whom we elected (and we can’t blame anybody else but ourselves for electing those traitors) to lead us out of the mess diligently rob us of the chance of a better life to the last Iraqi Dinar and laugh their way to Swiss banks (if you know what I mean)!! Did we do what the Germans, Japanese or even Koreans did? NO! Why? Because we don’t love Iraq enough to remember that it is not about us now, it is about our country! We failed miserably as citizens of this great country. We are no match to our ancestors and forefathers who built this country over thousands of years and now we are just a bunch of losers fighting for short term gains forgetting the blessing of being called an Iraqi and what that means.
One more thing, where do you think these politicians that we elected to lead us come from? They didn’t come from another universe or traveled through a fourth dimension from a parallel universe! No, they are Iraqis born and bred (wait, many of the most influential politicians were “imported” by the genius US administration but that’s for another future blog) that WE elected! Nobody else elected them but we and we did that because we are ignorant and stupid enough to believe in the religious leaders (and these guys are one rotten bunch of power and money hungry criminals, Sunnis and Shiites, no exception) who know very well that peace and harmony do not serve their interest in power and money, lots of money, and Iraqis bought the advice of their respective religious leaders and look where are we now! It is fair to say that Iraqis are paying the costly price of their bad and ignorant choices. We should take a moment (may be longer than that from some of us!) as Iraqis and think, really think hard about what we need to do to save ourselves and our country from being divided and sold to Iran, the US, Saudi Arabia or anybody else cause Iraq deserve better. The question is: are we worth that? Think again!
In closing, many of us still blame Saddam for what is going on in Iraq and that’s, with all due respect, is a heap of BS. Yes he (or his actions) may have been behind some of our misery but Saddam (having been long captured and hanged) is not the reason. It is us and it’s time to admit that and work for a better Iraq, otherwise, we (and Iraq) will be history and not a bright one for sure.
Most Iraqis agree that Saddam Hussein was a tyrant and a war criminal and during his era in power, Iraqis suffered the unthinkable and when he was toppled, I for one, was very happy to see his time as a ruler of Iraq come to an end and was really looking forward to a much brighter future for my country and see Iraq takes it’s position between the nations of the world. Iraqis have suffered enough under Saddam and they deserve every chance to live and lead a normal life but that, of course, did not happen. Instead, Iraqis have and still are suffering yet again but now under the rule of a bunch of traitors who have sold their souls and their country to the highest bidder be it the US or Iran in the most disgustful and disgraceful way.
With the wisdom of hindsight, one has to think WHY? Why Iraqis have to go through this? What did we do that no other nation in the entire world has done that we deserve all this forever going agony and suffering? I don’t know really and wish somebody can tell me BUT what I know is that we Iraqis are the MOST UNPATRIOTIC PEOPLE ON THIS PLANET! Why? Because you would think that after sharing all the pain under Saddam (excluding most of the traitors in power whom have not shared that with the rest of Iraqis and which explain their indifference about Iraq and Iraqis), we Iraqis would really be looking forward to turn the page on the Saddam Era and look forward to re-building our country and shaping up a better future for us and for future generations but what we did? We get engrossed into a sectarian civil war provoked and initiated by our very neighboring enemies and we spend all our might and energy killing each other and meanwhile the people whom we elected (and we can’t blame anybody else but ourselves for electing those traitors) to lead us out of the mess diligently rob us of the chance of a better life to the last Iraqi Dinar and laugh their way to Swiss banks (if you know what I mean)!! Did we do what the Germans, Japanese or even Koreans did? NO! Why? Because we don’t love Iraq enough to remember that it is not about us now, it is about our country! We failed miserably as citizens of this great country. We are no match to our ancestors and forefathers who built this country over thousands of years and now we are just a bunch of losers fighting for short term gains forgetting the blessing of being called an Iraqi and what that means.
One more thing, where do you think these politicians that we elected to lead us come from? They didn’t come from another universe or traveled through a fourth dimension from a parallel universe! No, they are Iraqis born and bred (wait, many of the most influential politicians were “imported” by the genius US administration but that’s for another future blog) that WE elected! Nobody else elected them but we and we did that because we are ignorant and stupid enough to believe in the religious leaders (and these guys are one rotten bunch of power and money hungry criminals, Sunnis and Shiites, no exception) who know very well that peace and harmony do not serve their interest in power and money, lots of money, and Iraqis bought the advice of their respective religious leaders and look where are we now! It is fair to say that Iraqis are paying the costly price of their bad and ignorant choices. We should take a moment (may be longer than that from some of us!) as Iraqis and think, really think hard about what we need to do to save ourselves and our country from being divided and sold to Iran, the US, Saudi Arabia or anybody else cause Iraq deserve better. The question is: are we worth that? Think again!
In closing, many of us still blame Saddam for what is going on in Iraq and that’s, with all due respect, is a heap of BS. Yes he (or his actions) may have been behind some of our misery but Saddam (having been long captured and hanged) is not the reason. It is us and it’s time to admit that and work for a better Iraq, otherwise, we (and Iraq) will be history and not a bright one for sure.
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