Kurdistan and The Kurds A Divided Homeland and a Nation without ...

Kurdish state would have been a certainty and the Soviets
might have supported a Kurdish state more than their
support to Vietnam. That is because of the strategic
importance of Kurdistan and its proximity to them,
allowing them access to the Arab World and Africa.
However, the leadership of the KDP at the time were
basing their policies on their party and regional interests
only. This situation – i.e. narrow partisan interests and
regionalism – deprived the Kurdish people from taking
advantage of the opportunities and instead of taking
advantage of all those forces mentioned they ignited a
revolution in Southern Kurdistan, putting the best sons
of the Kurdish people in a huge risk. At the same time
they tried to blame everything on Qasim once or the late
Mella Mustafa Barzani on other occasions. In order for
them to stay in power, they brainwashed the Kurdish
people with notions, example of which are mentioned
bellow:
A.They told the Kurdish people that the Soviet Union
would never support any military close to their borders,
which later proved wrong by the Soviets' support to
Afghanistan.
B.They never recognized the existence of part of
Kurdistan within the borders of the Soviet Union, and
that is why they never mentioned a word regarding the
Red Kurdistan Republic established in Lenin times (1921)
which lasted for nine years until 1930 when Stalin
destroyed it and scattered its population over all the
republics of the Soviet Union. All this for a studying
grant or to keep their good relations with the Iraqi
Communist Party.
C.This faction not now and not ever believed in a
Kurdish state saying as an excuse that the great powers
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