Once again, the inimitable Khadir Taahar has thrown a textual grenade into the Iraqi body politic by suggesting to his readers that – horror of horror – Israel would be a far better friend to Iraq than Iran ever will be.
Again, I remind people that Taahar, who writes for Iraq’s Sunni-leaning Kitabat newspaper, is responsible for previous articles we have translated, such as, ‘Iraq Would Be a Fool to Refuse America’s ‘Outstretched Hand‘; ‘The American CIA: ’Defender of Humanity‘; ‘Security Deal With America is Iraq’s ‘Opportunity of a Lifetime‘; ‘Teheran ‘Infiltrating’ and ‘Poisoning’ Iraqi Culture!; Iraqi Shiites! Stand Up and Reject Iran!; and ”We are a Foolish People That Destroy Ourselves.’
And as we have pointed out before, how representative Taahar’s views are of the Iraqi population is open to question. But we do know that he is regularly published in this Sunni-leaning Baghdad daily.
In today’s article, Taahar writes in part:
“Israel is keen on the success of the American project in Iraq to extend security, stability, reconstruction and progress. Its goals are identical to those of America, and anyone who denies that America wants progress and development in Iraq is absolutely a victim of the polluted and demagogic slogans of the hostile mob that we mentioned before. … For a thousand years we have gotten nothing from Iran but war, death, destruction and interference in Iraqi affairs; throughout history, Iran has been the number one enemy of the Iraqi people.”
By Khadir Taahar
Translated By James Jacobson
September 14, 2008
Iraq – Kitabat – Original Article (Arabic)
For the most part, the Iraqi political mind remains captive to the poison of demagogical slogans that were chanted in the forties, fifties and sixties by communists, nationalists and Islamists against Western culture and the nation of Israel.
This is not a mind that asks itself why Arabs wasted a golden opportunity to accept the partition of Palestine into two countries in 1948, incurring a headache of Palestinian problems that have reeked havoc and inhibited the progress of the Arab nation.
Unfortunately, Iraqis ignore the basic question that they should ask themselves, which is: “Which is the real enemy of Iraq; Israel or Iran?”
READ ON AT WORLDMEETS.US, along with continuing translated Iraqi press coverage of the war.
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