Terri
05-10-2007, 08:36 AM
By Greg Reeson
May 10, 2007
A professional acquaintance of mine, who is affiliated with the Kurdistan National Assembly of Syria, recently forwarded me an article about a speech delivered at a conference of Kurdish leaders from Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Iran. The author of the article, Dr. Jack Wheeler (who also gave the speech at the conference in early April), provides some insight into one of the most significant problems faced by the United States in its quest to establish a stable and democratic Iraq. The problem: what to do about the Kurds.
The article begins with a telling paragraph: "A muezzin is calling people to pray from a minaret nearby as I am writing this. I am in Hewlar, Iraq--more appropriately Iraqi Kurdistan, or even more appropriately South Kurdistan. That's what Kurds in Iraq call their portion of Kurdistan. Kurds in Turkey call theirs North Kurdistan. Kurds in Syria call theirs West Kurdistan. And Kurds in Iran call theirs East Kurdistan."
More (http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/guest/2007/gr_05101.shtml)
May 10, 2007
A professional acquaintance of mine, who is affiliated with the Kurdistan National Assembly of Syria, recently forwarded me an article about a speech delivered at a conference of Kurdish leaders from Iraq, Turkey, Syria and Iran. The author of the article, Dr. Jack Wheeler (who also gave the speech at the conference in early April), provides some insight into one of the most significant problems faced by the United States in its quest to establish a stable and democratic Iraq. The problem: what to do about the Kurds.
The article begins with a telling paragraph: "A muezzin is calling people to pray from a minaret nearby as I am writing this. I am in Hewlar, Iraq--more appropriately Iraqi Kurdistan, or even more appropriately South Kurdistan. That's what Kurds in Iraq call their portion of Kurdistan. Kurds in Turkey call theirs North Kurdistan. Kurds in Syria call theirs West Kurdistan. And Kurds in Iran call theirs East Kurdistan."
More (http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/guest/2007/gr_05101.shtml)