NEWS/COMMENTARY by Steve Tataii
 
 

What ethnic group in the world do you believe has the strongest

case to become a nation?

("A Vital Question asked by CNN's Fareed Zakaria")

 
Steve Tataii's response:                                   
 

Of all stateless nations Kurdistan in each 4 parts:

1- North Kurdistan.

2- East Kurdistan.

3- South Kurdistan. 

4- West Kurdistan.

or ideally all 4 parts combined as KURDISTAN, 

has had the strongest case to become 4 Kurdish nations or states for:

 

1)- 3 million ethnic Kurds in Kurdistan of Syria.

2)- 6 million Kurds in Kurdistan of the defunct Iraq.

3)- 16 million Kurds in Kurdistan of Iran.

4)- More than 30 million Kurds in Kurdistan of Turkey.

Or all Kurds in ONE KURDISTAN (A single Kurdish State, consisted of more than

50 million Kurds with their 12,000 years civilization in their homeland "Kurdistan").

 

The Kurds have had, and by far have the strongest case to their own recognized

independent state or states on their own soil as any other much smaller states,

which have attained theirs since 1920 under League of Nations in the treaty of

serves, or since 1945 under Leagues' successor "United Nations" under many

other post WWI & WWII treaties Freed from their usurpers or on their own.

KURDISTAN was usurped by 4 artificially created states of Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and

partly in West of Iran through the callous disregard of two main colonial powers of 

Great Britain & France by 1923. Today all other parts remain captive except in Iraq,

which has been Liberated for both ethnic groups of Kurds in Kurdistan, and Arabs of

South though awaits World's Recognition yet to be declared by the United Nations

for the two nations in the defunct Iraq “properly”, and the only way to end the war.

 

Kurds, by far, have the Richest, and Oldest cultures among their usurping ethnic

States, and the world, which has been kept quiet due to lack of an Independent

Kurdish State. This would have enabled them to introduce their history, and

civilization through Embassies, and other state to state cultural education

around the world. In fact they are the majority at 50 million Kurds as a whole, 

over each of the 4 usurping dominant ethnic groups imposing their Rule from their 4

central Governments far from Kurdistan with the worst forms of administrative indolence.

This has proven to be maliciously intentional, and deliberate to keep the Kurdish nation

suppressed, and stateless since 1923.

 

To say the Kurds have the strongest case to become a nation becomes an

understatement as the Kurds are a nation, and have had the most deserving human

rights among all other states since 1923 to become a nation state. This is most

apparent by looking at their long hard fought history for Independence with

captured defensive weapons from their aggressive enemies keeping their Kurdish

civilians suppressed. Their enemies, all of which have been puppets of the superpowers

or recent derivative from them, have used vicious, and un-Islamic, un-Christian

methods such as bombings, mass killings, Genocides, destruction of tens of thousands

of their villages, use of chemical weapons (the most uncivilized, and barbaric of all),

and lastly “the most cowardly of all”, death by hanging against innocent Kurdish civilians 

by the un-Islamic Republic of Iran, when even women, and children have bee

hanged for simple crimes (only considered to the regime, threatened by all other

peoples), but in these un-Islamic instances, solely because they are Kurds.

 

United Nations stands to be the responsible entity to allow these human atrocities 

against Kurds take place by inaction, and silence since 1945. United Nations has

become the largest useless bureaucratic entity of its kind, a toothless tiger unable

to do what its name refers to "United" to maintain "Uniformity" in overlooking to end

the Independent States' Tyranny, preventing, and refusing to give membership to

those states using their military power against stateless ethnic groups they have

illegally occupied, and instead of aiding the peace loving stateless nations "the Kurds"

in particular, the largest nation without a recognized state today, and since 1923,

hence it is for this reason; that I hereby call for a complete overhaul or dissolving

of the United Nations, to be replaced with a sensible, and honest

"Union" Representative of nations as soon as it is possible.

 

UN currently has been whipping up a vicious anti-Kurd campaign within Iraq, and has

already caused dozens of ethnic Kurds' death, when Kurds have been forced to reach

out to world's governments for help through peaceful demonstrations turned bloody by

terrorist elements. The Kurds in many cities including Kirkuk, where a suicide bomber

killed 36, did so to object delays of article 140, and in opposition to the infamous

Article 24 manufactured by Ba'asi elements within Baghdad's "Iraq" parliament,

in order to allow them to maintain Governing over their own cities, primarily Kirkuk,

left out from the "No Fly Zone's ridiculous 36 parallel line since 1992.

 

Kirkuk, and all of her surrounding Kurdish cities, towns, and villages, as well as all

other similarly situated left out Kurdish cities, towns, and villages from the callous

way of drawing 36 parallel, should have already been recognized to be under

Kurdistan's Regional Province Government, which has not been properly addressed

with her Homeland's name "Kurdistan", instead referred to as "North of Iraq" by many

subversive Arab MPs, many other World's existing Bigoted politicians, and the retired 

old Ambassadors with past colonial mentalities.

 

The Kurds demand all of their Kurdish cities, towns, and villages within their clear

"Kurdistan boundary" be immediately recognized, and agreed to by the United States,

and Baghdad, to be officially Governed by Kurdistan Regional Government under the

Leadership of Kurdistan Regional Presidency, honorable Mesud Barzani, and his 16

years old Parliament, Ministries, and Government administration. If anyone is looking

for the ethnic group that has the strongest case to become a nation, and miss this;

he or she must be deaf, and blind or pretending to be one. Short of that, UN, and

other anti-Kurd entities or states shall once again restart another round of

wars, and destruction imposed on the peace loving nation of Kurdistan (particularly

in the North of the defunct Iraq).

 

This should be on the top priority list of our outgoing United states President George

Walker Bush, who seems to continue to be influenced by a few

vicious-cold war-retired-American politicians, who should not be allowed to have a

say on Kurdish people's national internal affairs, having been a part of all the past

neglects, malicious anti-Kurd plans to help the puppet regimes of Ankara, Damascus,

Tehran, and Baghdad for all the wrong reasons, turning a blind eye on the vicious

Genocides, mass-killings, and ethnic cleansings, which is beginning to reappear

again (starting in a slow motion pattern). The current failed offensive attempt to

take the military control of Khanaqin with "Iraqi" soldiers by Baghdad's PM Maliki is

a shameful, and insensitive act of provocation against Kurdistan's own military force.

In this instance Baghdad has shown another sign of aggression by his Arab dominated

PMs, when even in Hussein's reign Khanaqin was never questioned, while Kurdish army,

Peshmarga forces, always controlled the city, and its surroundings.

 

This is what can happen; when UN's foot-dragging to return Kirkuk's Official Kurdish

Control to Kurdistan Region has created more problems, and must end quickly,

preferably, securing Kirkuk's Kurdish Government control before November 2008.

UN should not interfere with the political process, while it has now failed to try, and 

Facilitate the process to go smoother, hence UN facilitator, Demistura, should be

replaced with a Kurdistan's facilitator appointed by President Barzani or his parliament,

to finish the job or Kirkuk, and all other Kurdish cities, towns, and villages, as

President Barzani has explained, shall come under Kurdistan Region with or without

a Referendum now that article 140 of the constitution continues to be abused by

anti-Kurds.  

 

Honorable President Bush must try, and secure an Independent Kurdish state for

the Kurds of the defunct Iraq, if not all the other mentioned 3 Kurdistans, before

the end of this year, and before leaving office otherwise, he shall leave open the

doors for decades more of atrocities, and mass killings against the Kurds, and

through the military might of the 3 usurper states, financed, and equipped by the

callous votes, and support of Mr. Bush's Old Time Retired Politicians. This will no

doubt damage President Bush's credibility, and that of our American Foreign Policy 

in Liberating the defunct Iraq, a country forcefully manufactured by the colonial

powers of 1920s against the wishes of its two main ethnic groups; primarily the

Kurds of Kurdistan in the North, and the Arabs of South, the way they had lived for

thousands of years prior to 1920s minus the necessity to have borders or

membership as a Recognized State in the United Nations, a more “Worldly”

contemporary nations’ phenomena though not a must under International Law.

 

Any failure of this most Vital, and necessary accomplishment shall lead to wars,

and more bigger wars all over again, and may even cause our US soldiers' sacrifices

go in vain. This would be such a shameful way to end the Liberation. I hope this

does not happen, because ignoring Kurdish nation's most basic Human Rights

demand in being able to Govern their own motherland-homeland, as we claim to

believe in the right of any nation to self-determination, also mentioned in UN

Charters; when for thousands of years Kurds never invaded sovereignty of other

nations, will be catastrophic, and unacceptable to the people of the world, and

to the American people in Specific. There is no doubt in my mind; that South

Kurdistan has all the characteristics of becoming a nation state of its own at

anytime, but delays by her enemies will only make it harder, and longer to achieve

this noble cause. When Arabs have 22 nation states, Turks have 6 nation states,

and Persians have 3 nation states;

why not Kurds have one nation state out of the 4? 

 

As the author of 3 recent books on Iraq Wars with emphasis on Kurdistan

I encourage all of you to read at least one or all 3 books available through

www.Amazon.com , www.bn.com  or www.authorhouse.com , and please

visit my website at: www.tataiiforcongress.com to learn more on this topic,

and about my current campaign for U.S. Representative seat, as the

UNOPPOSED candidate for 2008 Primary, looking to win in the November 4,

2008 General God willing, and my supporter well wishers in the United States,

and around the world. You may also watch my most recent 5 minutes speech

for this 2008 elections by our Public Access TV at:

http://olelo.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?publish_id=221 Volunteers, and

support for my campaign are welcome, and is needed.

May God bless all peace loving nations around the World, and help Free their

suppressed peoples from the hands of Tyrants, and vicious puppet regimes.

In closing I like to thank CNN's Fareed Zakaria for asking this most significant,

and vital Human Rights Question.  

 

 

 

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