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The Kurdistan Region: Proof that US hasn’t failed in Iraq
3/9/2007 KurdishMedia.com - By Khasro Pirbal
Ongoing discussion, both in America and globally, would have us all believe that the U.S. has failed in Iraq. Domestic America, policy study institutions, foreign policy experts, and strategic advisors all refer to the failure of America's policies in their war on terror, specifically their launch of Operation Iraqi Freedom and its execution.

Both U.S. Democrats and Republicans debate the failure of the Bush administration's execution of the war, and offer new platforms and alternative projects, mostly according to their party affiliation.
Mostly, they just want to accuse Bush's administration of having exercised wrong policies in Iraq. Through their strong media, Bush's opponents have only highlighted the bad news, including the beheadings and bombings by groups that to this very day are receiving weapons from Iran and Syria.

On the regional level, unfortunately, all of the countries were against American intervention and opposed the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime.
All of these countries have dictatorial systems of rule and do not respect the rights of their own people and, similarly, have no respect for the legitimate demands of Kurds. They have all been working against freedom and peace, and that's why they cannot adjust to the democratic process in Iraq.
Therefore, they are trying hard through their own media channels to bring terrorism and murder into the spotlight, and consider the acts as nothing more than resistance.

In the media, unfortunately, America's failure in Iraq was predicted.
However, one thing we know for sure is that the politics and participation of the U.S. in Iraq have not completely failed. A perfect example of the positives that America has accomplished is evident right here in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. With the help of the U.S., its allied forces, and other peaceful and democratic countries in the world, all of the mechanisms necessary to establish and sustain an administration and an economic infrastructure were put into place, resulting in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).

America must continue to support the Kurdistan Region experiment, and show the entire world that they have not completely failed in Iraq. I think, as most Kurds do, that from now on America should move past speaking about freedom and democracy, and concentrate on working for the development and revival of the country's economic infrastructure. They must stress and tie in the economic values of political success, and take all the steps necessary to work for the reconstruction of the Kurdistan economy and the Iraq economy in general. They can help the KRG by developing the ever-important production sector. Kurdistan is a calm window of opportunity and a suitable choice for Iraq's economic development and revival process.

We have all entered a new stage, both Kurds and Americans. At this juncture, America must know that Kurds are the better and more loyal friends to have.

Because of that, we must work together to develop Kurdistan more actively by getting technology, capital, and American companies to participate in the region's growth. More important than all of this, perhaps, is that there must be a red line drawn to keep Iraqi Kurdistan Region from the dangerous areas in Iraq.

America's efforts in Iraq have not been a complete failure, as we see in Kurdistan Region. America must continue to work with us to succeed, but they must now move away from talk about freedom to effectively participating in the process of making a stronger economic infrastructure in the region.