What's goin on now in Iraq says a lot of things .. This small war with Turkey and Iran on the other side .. To me, it means a lot of things:
1) It's a try to get the people busy in a war with an outsider as Saddam did make us busy in his wars with the neighboors.
2) It's a try to kill any try to give the Kurds an independency and destroy all what they've done to rebuild their region.
3) It's a good way to make the Iraqis and the international community assume that the US needs to stay and protect Iraq.
What does really matter for me is that Maliki's way in giving speeches those days seems redicilous coz he pretends to be this peaceful man that doesn't want to hurt anyone. Although he knows about those who torture Sunnis in secret prisons and the rest of shit.
It's funny (not as in hahaha) to see a dictator, religious man, killer, & ciminal gives speeches about love, peace, and Anti- war.
That does not really work, get urself a life 'jawady', just say: u have no power, u r the young whore of Bush ..
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Hello Sumerian Girl,
My friend, someday I hope we will meet, in more peaceful days. I've always wanted to go to the Middle East - I've always felt a connection there. I hope we can exchange email addresses. If you
suddenly stop blogging, I will worry that something bad has happened to you. At least, I can send you an email, and ask, if you are okay.
As to Maliki, he is horrible, useless, too beholden to Muqtada al-Sadr - but what is new - Iraq has had terrible leadership throughout the last 100 years. Maybe the last good one was King Faisal.
Iraq is certainly a battlefield
for Turkey, who want their so- called "Mountain Turks", the Kurds in Turkey not to join with the Iraqi Kurds and form an independent Kurdistan. An independent Kurdistan threatens Turkey, Syria, and Iran,
because of the large Kurdish populations in each country.
And of course those Iranian Mullah bastards don't want a Democratic Iraq. Sumerian Girl, do you see what they are doing to the women
in Iran? Terrible. I've always wanted to visit Iran, but nowadays,
as an American, they'd likely arrest me, as they've jailed those Iranian-American activists.
When the US invaded Iraq, I thought your country would turn out to be Japan on the Tigris - secular, prosperous, tolerant,women would have rights, democracy,
religious freedom, sigh, it all went wrong. We were so naive.
The Arab world is so screwed up. As you pointed out with
Kuwait, as liberal as they are, they still adhere, stick to traditional mores.
Take Care, My Friend.
Good Morning Mr. Ghost,
I believe that the M E is a nice region, the whole East, it's exotic. Even its conflicts and problems is something different about it :)
This is my email:
iraq4sumerians@yahoo.com
I agree with u about Maliki.
The Last good leader was Abdulkareem Qassim. He was a good guy but the country wasn't settled at his time. Kind Faisal was such a sweetheart but a naive who's not able to rule a country like Iraq.
As to Iran, It's such a sad thing to see this great country being ruined by bunch of Mullahs. Persians have never been under this type of regimes, even Moh'd couldn't force them to speak Arabic and act in his tribal ways..
I was just like u and the rest of Americans who thought that the American interfering would fix it up, but then!
u just see that there's no one in this world who wants to make ur country good for u and for free ..
but they just can fuck it up for free, if u'd like them to do so (actually, even if u wouldn't like them to do so) ..
t c
Hello Sumerian Girl,
Right now in Iraq, there seems to be a confluence, a coming together of the paths of the religious gangsters: al-Sistani, al-Hakim, and Muqtada.
Both Sistani and Hakim are on their way out, so Sadr the thug seems to be consolidating/increasing his power. I read that he was meeting the Southern Iraqi governors,
and he seems to be projecting himself as the leader of Iraq - any ways, when Hakim and Sistani die, there is going to be a power vacuum that Muqti can exploit.
Whether it's Muqti or Hakim or Sistani, it all sucks for the average Iraqi - I just read about a Chaldean priest in Mosul and 3 of his church Deacons being killed.
Sumerian Girl, I wish there was good news from Iraq I could tell you.
Do you mind if I ask you a question
about you being an atheist? I know
what you believe in or don't believe in is a personal thing, so you don't have to answer if you don't want to, but I was wondering why or how you became an atheist?
My Best. Stay safe.
Hi Mr. Ghost,
I don't actually agree with you about Alsader getting in power:
1) Sistani is sacred to all Iraqi Shiites and although he interferes in politics (He's not an Iraqi by the way, he's Persian)but he attends to say that he's not a politician and tries to calm down war between the two sects .. So he's a Mullah because he didn't establish his own group yet.
2) I believe that there's a kind of cooperation between Hakim and Sistani although both deny that. but last elections, some people thought that Sistani was recommending people to vote 4 Hakim which had a certain impact on Shiites, as if God told them to vote for him. but he after then - after Hakim got benefit of it - Sistani deny that and said that he has nothing to do with politics and elections.
3) The Eastern mentality - especially the religious one - doesn't really get influenced by what this or that person does. both of Sader and Hakim are the grandsons of Moh'd and they are religious. So, those who love Hakim's family are his supporters and the same thing goes with Sader.
There are a lot to talk about this detailed issue ..
About your Q, I feel like posting something regarding that ;l
Hi Sumerian Girl,
Always nice to hear from you.
I don't think Sadr will gain
control of Iraq, but I think he will try - perhaps even cut a deal with the Sunnis.
I understand what you are saying about Sistani, but weren't you angry with him, for his fatwa against gays and lesbians? I really think he was responsible for several deaths.
I was wondering if you read Dr. Ali al Wardi's books? Unfortunately, there don't seem to be English translations of his works available. I was trying to find
a copy of his "Social Glimpses..."
I had to settle for Hanna Batatu's
The old social classes and the revolutionary movements of Iraq,
but it's like 1200 pages.
Alright Sumerian Girl, someday I hope we can talk about the Gods and deities of Sumeria and Babylon. Do you like History and Archeology?
!
Sure I hate Sistani, he's such a Jerk .. I hate his fatwa about Al Hakim and about homosexuals (even though ppl suspect the fact that he made this fatwa).
See, dr. Ali Al-Wardi is great in his book about the modern history of Iraq.
Batatu is the greatest writer ever among all those who wrote about the Iraqi society, classes, and history..
His book about Syria is quite good as well ..
I love history and sociology. u seem to me more 'easternized' :) and I feel like I know! (Not kidding) coz I’m now readin batatu and Alwardi to write a paper for one of the courses and I just feel like I know :)
Thank you for the nice compliment,
my friend. I believe we are kindred spirits. I believe a lot in faith and destiny, too.
And you know what Sumerian Girl, I love chai tea too. Only started drinking it about two years ago, but fell in love with it. I don't know if the Chai I drink here in the U.S. is like your chai, but it has cinnamon and cardamom in it, and I usually have it with milk and honey.
Perhaps in a past life, I was located in Mesopotamia.
Alrighty, I wish you well on your paper, and take care.
I don't like tea, I drink it when I have a headache ..
we do it with cardamom .. the Iraqis do it in a very different way :)
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