I have to visit Iraq. I have not been there since 2007. I have to shoot down the last illusion I have. I have to make sure that the country where I was born and raised does not exist, not any more. I have to see how Iraq has become just a collection of minorities.
My parents are buried in Iraq. I feel sorry for them. They believed the map of Iraq. They thought Iraq is a country. They thought that the land was theirs. They never thought that Iraq would betray their sacrifices, and even their graves.
My parents lied to me. They told me I am Iraqi. Or perhaps, they thought that of themselves and me. But regardless, I forgive them. They were deceived. They believed the words of the anthem and they respected the flag. They did not know that those who sing the anthem are loyal to other flags, and want to divide Iraq to smaller states to serve the interests of other powers.
My parents did not know that those who talk about the Iraqi national unity are actually enemies. Lethal swords are hidden under their words, and while fighting each other, they have made the flesh and blood of all the Iraqis cheap.
My parents are buried in the Al-Adhamiya cemetery in Baghdad. I have to visit their adjacent graves. I have to tell them that the term “Iraqi people” has become meaningless. I have to tell them that the Iraqis now are identified as: Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds. It is the era of extinction for Iraq, and subsequently, the Iraqis. I have to tell my parents that when someone asks me about my citizenship, I feel I am lying to myself when I answer: Iraqi.
My parents have to know that after 2003, the Iraqi state was dismantled, and consequently, the Iraqi nation was disintegrated. What happened in Iraq after 2003 was not nation-building at all. It was utterly nation-destruction. As a result, the Iraqis have returned to their primitive roots that the modern Iraqi state (1921–2003) attempted to convert and trim for decades to build a national identity inclusive to all Iraqi minorities.
My parents have to know that the Iraqis now are just a collection of scared, terrified, and unwise minorities paying the cost of living together. The map of Iraq has become the landscape of a jail. Iraqi minorities have willingly accepted to be in cells of that prison for no other purpose but a hope to control it, and if that would not work out for any reason, then dividing the cake is the solution.
My parents have to know that the Shiites in Iraq are more likely to choose the Shiite Crescent over Iraq if they could not control Iraq, the Sunnis in Iraq are more likely to choose Sunnistan over Iraq if they could not control Iraq, and the Kurds in Iraq have already chosen Kurdistan over Iraq because they stopped caring about Iraq.
My parents have to know that the Iraqis are currently minorities, minorities, and minorities. The smell of fear is everywhere in Iraq, and on the horizon, extended conflicts. As for their son, he has chosen to be neither a Sunni, Shiite, nor Kurd. He has chosen to live free out of the jail.
Rest in peace mom and dad.
I think what you don’t want to admit is that there never was an Iraq. Going back thousands of years, as I’m sure you know, the Sumerians didn’t get along with the Akkadians, nor the Kurds (I forget their ancient name and I don’t think they were the Assyrians), let alone the Persians or the Arabs, etc. & etc.
If you can learn anything from this, it’s that your parents did lie to you, probably lived their lives based on lies, and it’s never okay for parents to lie to children, which is the second biggest cause for the world’s problems today. The first is nuclear families, the third is civilization and the fourth is religion, although all four are basically the same thing.
Let’s get specific. In the Middle East, if Iraq was never a state and the Iraqis were never a nation, then what about other states and other nations? Why don’t you put a criterion to judge with?
I was responding to this article, not providing an answer to every problem in the world, but with regards to your question, see my response to foad arif. We are all one people. Frankly, if we have to subdivide, then let’s use tribes, not fake borders. In fact, I wholly object to the notion that I, being alive, may not live anywhere I choose. Thinking that you own the land because you live there, or your parents lived there, etc. & etc., is just another one of those lies that people rarely question. I could go on, if you’d like, but I think that I responded to your question.
Hmmm, so you object to civilization and prefer tribalism? You are really hilarious. I think you should move to Iraq!
So, jimbojamesiv, the Europeans who emigrated to South Africa are South Africans, but the Arabs
who emigrated to Iraq are not Iraqis? they are just Arabs! And the Europeans who emigrated to Australia are Australians, but the Kurds who stayed in their lands in Iraq are not Iraqis? they are just Kurds! You
have such an interesting perspective. Could you please elaborate? I want to learn from your intellectual property.
I’m not clear what you think your point was?
Who was talking about South Africans?
It’s pretty simple what I’m saying. Humans have been lied to about, okay, everything, so it’s not a surprise their descendants suffer as a result. Iraq is but one example of the artificiality of life being taken for reality. There is no such thing as nations. It’s fake. Now do you understand?
Well, I am not clear about your own point. Who was talking about the Akkadians and the Assyrians, unless you are indirectly admitting that they are the fathers of the Iraqis?
South Africa is an example, just like Iraq, but regardless, if nations are fake and states are myths, then what do you suggest? As you see, I am still interested in your arguments.
Funny you said that because if you think about it that way then there is no country on earth that exist so why dont you two be quite
There is a Iraq ever scince the 7th century
But some people just dont like the new government and does listen to what it says instead the only fight it and create problems and then they are the ones who want to separate.