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But it’s no wonder- despite this long and painful #history of betrayal- that YOU still don’t know who we are. We know well that the #oppressed carry the memory of every wound, but the #oppressor forgets the scars it has inflicted."
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Our #peshmerga forces were run over by #Iraqi tanks. Even now, Iraqi forces continue forcing Kurds out of their homes, as they have since the 1960s, because the city is #oil-rich.
We are the same Kurds in northern Iraq whom you urged to stand up against the #Saddam regime in 1991, only to abandon us when we rose up. We were massacred, and 2 million of us were displaced. You were shamed into Operation “ #ProvideComfort,” but only after thousands of us had already been killed following your call to rise.
We are the Kurds in #Bakur, south eastern Turkey whose lives and bodies have been sacrificed because of your economic and military ties to Turkey- your NATO allies who built a #jihadi corridor and openly supports ISIS, al-Qaeda and #alNusra
We are the same Kurds in #Rojhilat whom you betrayed during the 1975 #AlgiersAgreement. The Kurdish uprising collapsed overnight; tens of thousands were displaced. Iraqi forces launched severe reprisals—those who witnessed what had happened to our fellow Kurds in Basur and Rojava now refuse to be your foot soldiers.
We are the same Kurds you are trying to strong-arm into a #war we do not wish to participate in.
We know who you are, America.
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But it’s no wonder- despite this long and painful #history of betrayal- that YOU still don’t know who we are. We know well that the #oppressed carry the memory of every wound, but the #oppressor forgets the scars it has inflicted."
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