The army and the government does not want the Kurdish problem to be solved ... If soldiers and the government wanted a solution, weapons would immediately fall silent.

This is a social blowout, it is the result of years of neglect of the problems of the Kurds.

I am inviting everyone to act with common sense and take measures, otherwise these could lead to worse developments.

Soldiers with Kalashnikovs and pickup trucks is not an army, ... To make the Iraqi Army stand on its own without American or coalition forces, we need command and control equipment, transport vehicles and training.

Soldiers with Kalashnikovs and pickup trucks is not an army,

You don’t judge the strength of an army by how many soldiers sit and eat in the mess hall, but by how they perform on the front line. Likewise a church’s strength is not seen in how many show up, but in how many serve in the ministry.