Dictators have a common disease “blindness”

Dictators have a common disease “blindness”. That’s why they fall in the end! My friend and colleague, the committed and capable journalist Winthrop Rodgers under the title “Iraqi Kurdistan’s House of Cards Is Collapsing” published a report in Foreignpolicy. in front of some of the supporters of the Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq tried to distract attention from the contents of report with obscenities and insults. Winthrop’s report is a reflection of the difficult livelihood situation, corruption, mismanagement, discrimination, widespread class differences and the inefficiency of regional officials and the suppression of freedom of expression in the Kurdistan region. Instead of seeing these realities and trying to fix the shortcomings, the authorities of the Kurdistan Region are trying to suppress journalists and critics. Previously, people like Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, the representative of the UN Secretary General in Iraq, warned the authorities of the Kurdistan Region about the consequences of the current governance. read more...