http://news.kuwaittimes.net/2013/03/26/whos-the-real-enemy/
Who’s The Real Enemy? Badrya Darwish Is the Arab World facing ‘the creative chaos’ which Condoleezza Rice termed years ago? Is the Arab Spring the plan she referred to as for the New Middle East? Is the Arab Spring a part of that chaos? In those days I laughed my head off when she mentioned it. Now her words are banging in my head. Why did the Arab World collapse in less than two years? The downfall started in Tunisia and unfolded all the way across Libya, marched throughout Egypt and crept across Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and the list goes on. Why now and what’s next on the agenda for the New Middle East? Why has the Arab World suddenly lost its position? Key players in the area are frozen now or hardly manage to survive. I am talking about Egypt in particular. Let’s not bluff ourselves. Politically, Egypt was the leader of the Arab World. Now we are very busy with other things when Turkey, Israel and Iran are becoming the leading players in the region. In the meantime, we are very busy fighting between each other – Sunni, Shiite, hatharis (urbanites) and tribes. Excellent! I think Israel is living its Golden Era now. Just look on the map of the Arab world! Point at one country on the map that is peaceful and which has no demonstrations. Everyone is in turmoil- Syria, Jordan, Bahrain, Yemen, Libya and Tunisia. Iraq has been in turmoil for 10 years and we will never know how it will end. Dividing the country into pieces is one of the rumors that have been circulating about Iraq’s future. God knows what is circulated with regards to the Gulf countries. So, we have to be careful. Even Saudi Arabia is facing problems. Kuwaitis are attacking each other on sectarian notes and tribal affiliations. I said hundred times that I am not in support of Bashar Assad. He is a dictator and a tyrant. But I am not in support of the vicious civil war, destruction and mass murders of innocent people. I am against the mass exodus of Syrians from their own country as refugees in the neighboring countries. Even the situation in Syria has affected Lebanon badly and we could all see that. If it continues, it is going to affect other countries. As it is, there are around 450,000 refugees at the Jordanian border. It is like an epidemic. I think the Arab leaders should unite and have a long night together thinking of the pluses and minuses and making a decision without any external influence. They should decide what is best for Syria and the Syrian people before it is too late to regret. Unfortunately, in the Arab world we are always late and we pretend to forget who the real enemy is. By Badrya Darwish [email protected] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
