Re: [A-List] Kurds

["Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Craven, Jim wrote:
> Response (Jim C): I agree. What do you say about the right of the Blackfoot
> Nation to form and constitute an independent nation state--from an existing
> nation under international law (covering territories on both sides of the
> US-Canadian border--that is Traditional and decidedly non/anti-capitalist
> and has no ties whatsoever with--but rather is under seige from--the U.S.
> and Canadian governments?
>
> We are in no way in a situation analogous to the Kurds. We are not
> supporting any enemies of our enemies as "friends".
The Blackfoot Nation not only has the righ but also the obligation to
reclaim its land.  I am not familiar with their history, but even if the
Blackfoot nation signed an unequal treaty with the US or Canada, such
treaty can be rejected as China rejected all unequal treaties imposed on
it by Western imperialist powers in the 19th century and recovered Hong
Kong and Macau.  The US also withdrew unilaterally from the ABM treaty.

Yours is not an independence struggle, becuase your never lost your
independence.  Yours is a national renewal struggle to reclaim lost
territory from occupiers.  As long as there are Blackfoots, your have
sovereignty even if you lost your land.

Henry

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