“The Kurds are leaving again

“The Kurds are leaving again.”

Years ago, a French leader said, “Only the mountains are the safe and reliable support of the Kurds.” The bitter truth that has been shown time and time again. Including today, when Türkiye has launched a massive attack against the Kurds in Syria, no country or power has come to support them. Iran, Russia, Arabs, America and Europe all turn their faces to the other side and pretend they don’t see anything. Iran, while understanding “Turkey’s security considerations”, proposes that the Syrian army be stationed in those areas and that the two countries of Turkey and Syria cooperate with each other (and of course with the generous military assistance of Iran and Russia) to establish security. Qatar has gone one step further and considers the operation to be Türkiye’s right. Arabs are only worried about “occupying the soil of an Arab country”. Europeans and the United Nations have also expressed their concern about civilians. The most interesting reaction was from Trump. Those good Khosrow Khoban have very frankly and publicly put aside compliments and said, “The conflict between the Kurds and the Turks has nothing to do with America, and they have been fighting each other for decades.” And the Kurds once again seek refuge in the mountains.

But the Kurds are not alone. In Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Mahabad, Sanandaj, Diyar Bakr and a dozen other cities, freedom fighters have protested in favor of them and their oppression. This is not the first military attack against the Kurds, nor will it be the last. As much as the previous invasions were able to overcome the Kurds and silence their voices, this invasion will also remain unsuccessful. Erdogan’s repressive nationalism against the Kurds will be as successful as Saddam’s deadly nationalism against them was able to silence their voices.

The Kurds are oppressed today, they take refuge in the lap of their only historical protector, the mountains, but they will leave again tomorrow.

Bezhi Kurdistan
Sadiq Zibakalam
October 21, 2018

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