[2007-05-16] Artikel Minggu Ini
Time and again, he refers to “the formerly ruling Sunnis,” “rank-and-file Sunnis,” “the old Sunni regime,” “responsible Sunnis.” This obsession with sects informed the U.S. approach to Iraq from day one of the occupation, but it was not how Iraqis saw themselves — at least, not until very recently. Iraqis were not primarily Sunnis or Shiites; they were Iraqis first, and their sectarian identities did not become politicized until the Americans occupied their country, treating Sunnis as the bad guys and Shiites as the good guys. There were no blocs of “Sunni Iraqis” or “Shiite Iraqis” before the war, just like there was no “Sunni Triangle” or “Shiite South” until the Americans imposed ethnic and sectarian identities onto Iraq’s regions.
Despite Bremer’s assertions, Saddam Hussein’s regime was not a Sunni regime; it was a dictatorship with many complex alliances in Iraqi society, including some with Shiites. If anything, the old tyranny was a Tikriti regime, led by relatives and clansmen from Hussein’s hometown. Hussein punished Sunnis who became too prominent and suppressed Sunni Arab officers from Mosul and Baghdad in favor of more pliable officers from rural and tribal backgrounds. Local Sunni movements that were not pro-Hussein were repressed just as harshly as the Shiites.
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May 20th, 2007 at 12:42 am
apakah Bremer salah atau memang sengaja melakukan itu?
Karena tujuannya kan untuk menjajah Irak. Memerdekakan Irak itu mungkin janji palsunya, karena sampai sekarang Amerika masih menduduki Irak.
Kalau memang maksudnya memerdekakan Irak tentu gayanya akan seperti pasukan PBB yang akan segera meninggalkan tempat setelah tugas selesai. Lha sekarang pasukan Amerika tidak tampak akan meninggalkan Irak, malah Bush penginnya ditambah.
May 24th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
keliatannya Bremer memang nggak ngerti sejarah timur tengah sama sekali…