The Natural Course.

To Be Free One Must Fight The Government. For the Kurds that Means Both the U.S. and Iraqi Governments

ARBIL, Iraq, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Iraq's Kurdish regional government raised the threat of secession on Wednesday if the Baghdad government did not withdraw claims to a say in the development of oil resources in their northern districts.

"The people of Kurdistan chose to be in a voluntary union with Iraq on the basis of the constitution," Kurdish Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani said in a statement on his official Web site.

"If Baghdad ministers refuse to abide by that constitution, the people of Kurdistan reserve the right to reconsider our choice."

Secession: It really makes it difficult to champion self-determination when one is an avowed enemy of its natural out come. That is why we'll soon be hearing how evil the secessionist Kurds are, akin to what Bush said about Taiwan in relation to China. There is no splitting countries. Don't worry about tyranny, war, and theft. They are just the price one must pay to live in a solidified country, and are preferable to being able to choose your own government. We'll also be treated to our American president and his cronies lecturing the Kurds that they couldn't survive if left to their own devices. If you are not a Yankee then you are not deserving to live in this world. That's what I keep hearing.



Maybe they should adopt a new flag. I suggest the original secessionist flag.