Common
Sense: For the Arabs, It Is The Backseat
14 January 2010By Hassan Al-Haifi
One is not baffled anymore by the mediocrity of Arab
politics and the ungodliness of most of the leadership
in the Arab World, with the word being used here more
as a symbolic contempt rather than a real feeling of
desire to be subordinate to most of the clowns that
make up the roster of Arab leaders.
Yes, contempt would be an even kind reaction to the
pitiful displays of Arab political and diplomatic
maneuverings in a complex and intertwining world that
our mostly aged leaderships have yet to even
understand, let alone be able to wiggle through.
Thank goodness the Lord Al-Mighty made Islam a global
affiliation and never guaranteed that the Arabs (at
least in the Arab World) should be at its spearhead.
For all the means and resources at their disposal, the
Arabs have proven that they are the world's sloppiest
and most narrow minded administrators of the bounties
God has bestowed upon them.
Having said that, one cannot help but be reassured
that the Lord Al-Mighty has bestowed alternative
Moslems with intellect and culture to take on the
banner and uphold the causes of the Moslem World. Yes,
this is indeed reassured by the latest developments
one is seeing in many a Moslem country, the leadership
of which has learned that to go about life the Arab
way is a freeway to failure and very likely doom.
Just by seeing the big concerns that bother the Arab
leaders, the observer is aghast that the Arabs, for
example can view Iran as a worse threat to them than
Israel! But if one sees the current Arab media, one
cannot help but notice the fallibility of our own
emotions.
Israel has literally forced itself in the heart of the
Arab World at the cost of an entire indigenous
population of their very own loosing their homeland
and becoming chronic victims of the most unholy
occupation in history, while our Arab leaders have no
qualms whatsoever about the Zionist menace and suffice
by lip service treatment of the Palestine issue, while
not finding any fault with Israel's doings.
It is really appalling that we only find great relief
from fellow Moslems in Turkey, Malaysia and Iran who
vehemently speak out against the Zionist menace and
its evil doings in the Holy Land. On the contrary,
quite a few Arab leaders look forward to the day when
Israeli and American jets mount their blitzkrieg on
Iran. Ask any Arab citizen about President Hugo
Chavez, and they will come back with "God bless him".
But if you mention any of the Arab diehards, who like
to call themselves leaders, who are constantly spoon
fed by their overpaid media to their people, and all
you hear is "May they burn in hell!" Mind you, this
observer has no personal grudges against any of our
great leaders, as the Lord Al-Mighty has spared me the
agony of their wrath and the dubious nature of their
displays of gratuity.
However, one cannot help but realize the overwhelming
disapproval of the Arab leaders among their
constituencies in particular or their nation as a
whole. Better yet, all one has to do is ask these
leaders why they do not put the love of their people
for them to the test by instituting real and free
elections and see how much favor they have amongst
their constituencies? Then at least they will have
some gauge to evaluate the lying cheaply bought pens
and propaganda machines they have set up to keep their
public image shining.
Of all the Arab leaders that strike most of the Arab
citizens as deplorable, those who have a knack for
keeping their countries in an unrelenting aura of war
and violence are bound to be given First Prize for
Horrendous Leadership.
In fact these leaders would not be able to shut their
eyes at night if sound barrier breaking jet fighters
do not continuously break the silence of the night or
if the sounds of ambulances sirens do not scream as
they try to break through the congested pot holed
streets to take the dead and wounded to the nearest
hospitals or to the Martyrs' Cemetery, where they
would be honored with the whole slate of the national
leadership, who would never dare to send their very
own sons to do battle with their ever changing
enemies.
May God bless Recep Tayyib Erdogan, Mahathir Mohammed,
and yes Ahmedenjad for reminding us how true Muslims
should act and rule.
The Sa'ada War Must End!
If there is any hope for Yemen and its Government
getting back its sanity, this would only come if the
bloody madness in Sa'ada comes to an end immediately.
This is a war without purpose; a war without mercy; a
war that will lead to the total deterioration of what
ever is left of national pride as Yemenis and as
Arabs.
One should also not forget to express one's
appreciation for the remarkable mission from Egypt
that came and went empty handed, but did not forget to
cash in on some of the war funding being administered
by outside watchers. The mission truly showed us how
much the Arab World is now lacking in leadership. But
then Amro Moussa has never been a favorite among news
audiences from the Atlantic to the Gulf anyway.
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