"cars were barely moving because every Kurd was fleeing, on foot and in cars." oh, sometimes stories just put "history" or statistical numers/titles into perspective... :(
What makes it particularly sad to me is how current it still is. How many children suffer worse fate as we speak. How many lives we are losing and how many great minds will die before they ever bloom. Thanks for stopping by, Steve.
My wife is from Baghdad. The only safe place in Iraq we could meet and marry at the time was Sulaymaniyah in Kurdistan, which is where our beloved son was conceived. I had to return to the states for a few months. We next met and lived in Erbil. Our precious son Dante was born there. We resided in Erbil together for 2 1/2 years before I was compelled to return again. We lived among the Kurds together for a total of three years. I worked initially in support of the New Generation political party in Kurdistan. I came to meet many Kurds and felt always sad about the oppression they faced, not just by the government of thieves (and worse) in Baghdad, but also by the Government of Kurdistan.
Your experience then, and that of your people, is heartbreaking. 😔 I am glad you are safe now. 🙏
I agree with what everyone has said here. We continue to perpetrate this level of violence against one another. We subspeciate the other and in so doing make them so different from “us” it becomes easier to hate “them.”
History gets “lost” in a generation or two and so we forget or never know the turmoil this causes, only to perpetrate it somewhere else in some other point in time.
I feel a deep sadness when I learn, reread, or hear of various incidents from our timeline, including today.
Thank you for sharing your story. Maybe at some point we will learn how to move beyond this division and desire to destroy…
"cars were barely moving because every Kurd was fleeing, on foot and in cars." oh, sometimes stories just put "history" or statistical numers/titles into perspective... :(
I am glad I was able to convey that. Thanks for being here, Arya.
This is harrowing. I should have words but I just feel a profound sadness.
What makes it particularly sad to me is how current it still is. How many children suffer worse fate as we speak. How many lives we are losing and how many great minds will die before they ever bloom. Thanks for stopping by, Steve.
That must have been a scary trip. Especially for a child. I'm sure it was a confusing time in your life.
Thanks, Starter. Confusion was the mildest state.
My wife is from Baghdad. The only safe place in Iraq we could meet and marry at the time was Sulaymaniyah in Kurdistan, which is where our beloved son was conceived. I had to return to the states for a few months. We next met and lived in Erbil. Our precious son Dante was born there. We resided in Erbil together for 2 1/2 years before I was compelled to return again. We lived among the Kurds together for a total of three years. I worked initially in support of the New Generation political party in Kurdistan. I came to meet many Kurds and felt always sad about the oppression they faced, not just by the government of thieves (and worse) in Baghdad, but also by the Government of Kurdistan.
Your experience then, and that of your people, is heartbreaking. 😔 I am glad you are safe now. 🙏
I agree with what everyone has said here. We continue to perpetrate this level of violence against one another. We subspeciate the other and in so doing make them so different from “us” it becomes easier to hate “them.”
History gets “lost” in a generation or two and so we forget or never know the turmoil this causes, only to perpetrate it somewhere else in some other point in time.
I feel a deep sadness when I learn, reread, or hear of various incidents from our timeline, including today.
Thank you for sharing your story. Maybe at some point we will learn how to move beyond this division and desire to destroy…
As an American, I daily condemn every military action taken by the US Government, US CIA, & US Military since 1946.
IRAQ WMD's: Legacy Of Fraud: ICCT The Hague. CIJ-IJC.
This is harrowing. Thank you for sharing your experience. I look forward to future chapters.