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eamad mazouri · Mar 17, 2004, 02:07 pm

</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (Mia,)
I am not passing judgement on anyone - and I am not biased in favor of Syria that I will just defend it.

But if I see something that seems innacurate, yes I am going to say something.

I don't pretend to know a lot even about Kurds in Syria, just what I said - that it is not correct to imply that the whole population is "enslaved" "under seige" and "not able to go to school, hospital, travel..." when I know that the Kurdish Syrian I know has a law degree over there, his wife has a government job, they both travel back and forth at will, their families travel to see them, and they say there is no massacre and no one is under seige.

I admitted I do not know about the estimated 65,000-200,000 who have been denied citizenship. I know Syria is very strict on citizenship and that Kurds aren't the only ones this affects.

I am not trying to present a different, one-sided version. I only know enough to refute the other end somewhat. In fact, I am specifically NOT writing what some Syrians say about "their side" as it seems biased and of no use.

I have a problem with any pro-anything site as views and "information" are always biased.

In the particular case at hand, I would not believe official Syrian site or official Kurdish site. (or Israeli as they are anti-anything-arab).

I took from news from all sources and people who actually live there.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>
Let's put everything else to aside, and just focus on the portion of Kurds who do not have citizenship.Do you think a democratic government would deny its people something basic as citizenship? Or is it right for any government to do that?
Second the Arab Belt. I hope you read about that. Do you think there is any chance current Syrian government would remedy that, I mean return the land to Kurds again. You see we Kurds have long experiance with Arabization. Just like Scotts-Mountain People- Whenever the attacks on them became unbearable, the only refugethey had was to seek shelter in rugged mountains which left our plain land open to them to be Arabized. This happened in Iraq as well as in Syria, Turkey and Iran. I believe it is in the best interests of Syria to recognize Kurds and their rights and forget about past atrocities and injustices. That is how a new democratic, peaceful and prosperous Syria can be build.

Mar 17, 2004, 02:07 pm	#18 (permalink) (top)
eamad mazouri Molten Ash Posts: 64	</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (Mia,) I am not passing judgement on anyone - and I am not biased in favor of Syria that I will just defend it. But if I see something that seems innacurate, yes I am going to say something. I don't pretend to know a lot even about Kurds in Syria, just what I said - that it is not correct to imply that the whole population is "enslaved" "under seige" and "not able to go to school, hospital, travel..." when I know that the Kurdish Syrian I know has a law degree over there, his wife has a government job, they both travel back and forth at will, their families travel to see them, and they say there is no massacre and no one is under seige. I admitted I do not know about the estimated 65,000-200,000 who have been denied citizenship. I know Syria is very strict on citizenship and that Kurds aren't the only ones this affects. I am not trying to present a different, one-sided version. I only know enough to refute the other end somewhat. In fact, I am specifically NOT writing what some Syrians say about "their side" as it seems biased and of no use. I have a problem with any pro-anything site as views and "information" are always biased. In the particular case at hand, I would not believe official Syrian site or official Kurdish site. (or Israeli as they are anti-anything-arab). I took from news from all sources and people who actually live there.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'> Let's put everything else to aside, and just focus on the portion of Kurds who do not have citizenship.Do you think a democratic government would deny its people something basic as citizenship? Or is it right for any government to do that? Second the Arab Belt. I hope you read about that. Do you think there is any chance current Syrian government would remedy that, I mean return the land to Kurds again. You see we Kurds have long experiance with Arabization. Just like Scotts-Mountain People- Whenever the attacks on them became unbearable, the only refugethey had was to seek shelter in rugged mountains which left our plain land open to them to be Arabized. This happened in Iraq as well as in Syria, Turkey and Iran. I believe it is in the best interests of Syria to recognize Kurds and their rights and forget about past atrocities and injustices. That is how a new democratic, peaceful and prosperous Syria can be build.