´What Iraq Needs Now´ - Kurd OP-ED

Abu@Suznnneh, Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2003, 23:29 (vor 7810 Tagen) @ Suzanneh

Iraq was a disaster waiting to happen since it was
created/MIScreated by the British 80 years ago.

The ´Lawrence Of Arabia´ legacy
Nov 13, 2002

"..The current Middle East crisis between the
Israelis and the Muslims is the result of some of
the most incredible blunders. But perhaps there is
no greater blunder than some promises made by a
British officer to a bunch of backward
camel-riding Arab Muslims from Western Arabia....

...Lawrence was moderately successful at gathering
a few feuding tribes of Arabia to attack and
pillage Turkish supply lines and attack Aqaba. He
convinced some to race to Damascus and enter the
city just ahead of the onrushing British Army. The
principle tribe was known as the Hashemites, who
were the guardians of the holy Muslim sites of
Mecca and Medina....

.....To make a long story short, Lawrence was able
to persuade the British - with the pressure of his
media popularity helping - to put together three
provinces of the old Ottoman Empire and make one
country called Iraq and give it to a Hashemite
prince named Feisal.

The people of these three provinces have hated
each other for centuries. Apart from a ruthless
dictator like Saddam Hussein, no one can keep them
together....""