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Frederick
P. Isaac
Copyright (c) Frederick P. Isaac.
All Rights Reserved.
Articles and book information on Assyrian issues including contemporary
history, experiences under Islamic rule, leadership and Assyrian
aspirations to nationhood.
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Assyrian Leadership
by Frederick P.
Isaac
Copyright (c) Frederick P. Isaac, 1995. All Rights Reserved.
Title of article
updated 2012 to better reflect subject matter.
Pick
up and read any Assyrian publication today whether it be a bulletin,
magazine or newspaper in any part of the world, and you will quickly
notice one thing in common throughout its pages - the
call for unity; unity not of the Assyrian people but of its leadership.
The
Assyrian people are strongly united and have been so for ages. It is the
total lack of unity on the leadership level, within certain organizations,
that is hindering the progress of the Assyrian movement.
It is the uncompromising attitude and total absence of desire of the
leaders to work in earnest under one unified leadership that is
obstructing the Assyrian movement
and causing its setbacks.
It is the total disrespect of such leaders to the tragedy of the
Assyrian people and total disregard to the plight of thousands of
displaced Assyrians that has led the people to hold back extension of
their full recognition toward such leaders.
The Assyrian people have even begun to doubt in their ability to
lead.
They are bewildered, and at a loss, as to which of the leaders to follow.
For every few years a new name comes up in the world of politics
embracing the Assyrian issue, declaring itself the sole deliverer of the
people.
The Assyrian leaders of today have left the Assyrian people like
passengers on board of a hampered ship, with its main mast broken after a
tempest, with most of its crew lost at sea, in bleakness, in the middle of
nowhere.
We appeal to you Assyrian leaders to come to your senses, forgive and
forget, and re-establish yourselves under one unified leadership.
Your unity of action will cleanse the ranks of pretenders and close
the door in the face of the intruders.
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Such
unified leadership will cover the overwhelming majority, if not the entire
Assyrian nation throughout the world.
Unity of leadership is what is needed most and foremost if you are
to find that lost ship and steer it towards the harbor of safety.
Unity
of leadership is what we want, confident in its people's backing and
support; a leadership that can regroup the Assyrian people into united
fronts, well organised and disciplined in their endeavor towards
achievement of their common goal.
Let
individuality, therefore, merge into the unity of good for the benefit and
welfare of the Assyrian Nation. Let
your contribution, large or small, be made in the interest of the people
and true spirit of cooperation and with dedication for the realization of
unity of leadership.
As a dispersed people,
we Assyrians have survived for centuries. But our grip is getting weaker by the day and may soon give
way, crushing all our hopes for ever under the heavy weight of
helplessness. I wonder how
much longer we can hold on!
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