Israel first beneficiary of schemes
Countries cannot be managed by guns
“I WAS not surprised by what Dr Abdullah Al-Nafisi (former MP and Professor at Kuwait University Political Science Department) said in a television interview,” columnist and the Director of Sawt Al-Arab Satellite TV Channel Hesham Al-Diwan wrote for Al-Shahed daily.
“During the TV interview on the program ‘The Round Circle’, which was produced and broadcast by Kuwait Television in the 1980s Dr Nafisi said he once interviewed the British Ambassador in Baghdad Humphrey Trevelon and the latter said Abdul Karim Qasim (the former Iraqi prime minister) was ‘our man in Baghdad’.
“However, the Al-Nafisi program in question was unique program and here I doubt that even the Al-Jazeera Satellite TV Channel is not in a position to produce a program better than the above.
“Dr Al-Nafisi says that he had asked the Ambassador Trevelon that as long as the prime minister of Iraq was your man in Baghdad, why you allowed him to disturb Kuwait and mobilize his troops and insist that Kuwait is part and parcel of Iraq.
“The British ambassador replied: ‘Because we heard that at that time you were talking too much about independence and Abdul Nasser (the late Jamal Abdul Nasser — the former Egyptian president), and so we wanted to ‘bring’ you back to your size.
“As a matter of fact Dr Nafisi did not surprise me and neither did the response of the ambassador regarding Abdul Karim Qasim.
“In this context, I would like to point out that I went through the British and the US documents in the libraries of former presidents of the United States and I familiarized myself with the truth of the relationship between most of Arab leaders and the two countries that ruled the world, Britain and the United States.
“I do not want to say now who understands the above, but this is needless to say this is not limited to Arabs only. The current Ukrainian president and former British prime minister, in the words of former French foreign minister Roland Douma, who revealed the source of hatred and war taking place in Syria.
“Not only that, Douma went on to say that the war in Syria erupted during his reign when he was foreign minister of his country and stated the war was decided by NATO against the Levant and I mean Syria specifically in retaliation against Russia because the West and NATO, along with the United States, cannot wage a direct war against Russia.
“Hence, they had decided to ignite these wars at Russia’s important allies or at those who were having an alliance with the former Soviet Union such as Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen as well as to some extent Algeria.
“Before the Kremlin’s announcement on Sunday (March 25th), the Kremlin had announced that Moscow was well aware that it had adversaries and enemies unable to confront them militarily, resorting to Russia’s allies like Syria to fabricate strife and problems and to recruit agents and foreign interests.
“In this context, we say prior to the statement of Douma that was issued on Sunday, March 25, 2018, Kremlin had announced that Moscow fully realizes that its opponents and foes are unable to militarily confront it and as such they resorted to implement their schemes in countries allied to Russia such as in the case of Syria to create sedition and problems and mobilize agents and foreign beneficiaries.
“However, it is painful that the Arab countries and Turkey participate in the implementation of these schemes, while Israel is the first beneficiary. I say the above, because I don’t think that the Syrian armed opposition is qualified to run a country like Syria or any other country because countries can be managed only by laws, the systems, the policies, the development projects and the social justice, for justice is the basic of the rule.
“In other words, the countries cannot be managed by guns or by the missile launchers. Hence, what is surprising indeed is to see is the involvement of at least nine countries in financing and arming the Syrian opposition.
“The United States, with the enormous power and tools to run the world, could have pushed for reform of the former Iraqi president or Syrian president instead of killing an entire country like Syria, displacing 15 million people, destroying historic cities and creating chaos and destruction.
“I do not think that after following the confession of Douma there is still room for talk about the main objective of what happened in Syria the objective was to achieve reforms, but if the reason is known, then there will be no surprise.”
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“I am not sad because of the inverted situations of our Arab brothers or the failure of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to condemn the Israeli aggression on Palestine,” columnist Waleed Ibrahim
Al-Ahmed wrote for Al-Rai daily. “The last failure of the UNSC was when the council members failed to issue a statement to condemn the oppressive practices of Israeli occupation troops against the Palestinians in their territories who were marking the occasion of the ‘Land Day’, particularly in Gaza Strip we saw 15 martyrs and 1,500 injured.
“However, the reason why I am sad this time is that post the emergency session of the UN Security Council which was held in response to a request submitted by the State of Kuwait — thanks to it — the condemnation was blocked by the ‘American Card’, but we wonder, what we will benefit even if the brutal practices were condemned?
“In other words, will the world move to strike at Israel? Or will Palestine be liberated? Or will Arab world close its commercial and economic bureaus in the relevant states? Or will our states and their states declare that they will boycott Israel? Or will the world wake up to support our cause and then the missiles starting striking the Israelis as the Israeli missiles currently bomb the Gaza Strip shelling the Palestinians?
“Unfortunately, our Arab and Islamic countries are the basic reason for such a state of fragmentation which currently faces us to such an extent the world is no longer ready to pay any attentions to our issues.
“Not only that, the world is currently placing these issues at the bottom of its priorities and this can be attributed to a fact that all of us are currently running behind our personal interests for the sake of making our chairs strong at the expense of common and joint issues.
“In other words, the nation is currently facing treasons, conspiracies and making deals under the table with the Zionist entity and when they talk overtly, they talk about protecting Jerusalem and our Islamic shrines in Palestine and declaring that Jerusalem is the eternal capital for Palestine, but not as America says to us that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.”
“It is not easy for me to say that the opposition in the Arab world suffers from deterioration in the levels of awareness and efficiency. Unfortunately, this is a reality in all Arab countries except for two or three countries,” Hesham Al-Diwan wrote for Al-Shahed daily.
“It is a joint responsibility of both the societies and the governments. The experience of Iraq following the collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime, that of Yemen after Ali Abdullah Saleh, and of Libya after Muammar Al-Gaddafi reveal the failure of people in taking over the rule after the fall of regimes which they themselves had described as dictatorial and corrupt.
“Unquestionably, the governments are responsible to a large extent for encouraging such type of opposition desired by the Arab regime. We also have to admit that the concept of culture is no longer relevant in sociology or politics, as it lost power prior to expansion of religious ideologies and popular demands. The Arab nations have accepted giving up their right to possess national and partial identities. We have blocs that are loyal to Muslim Brotherhood Group, Salafi and the State of Faqih as well as beneficiary blocs that seek power, senior positions and money.
“Iraq underwent a miserable experience. Some are trying to take the political movement in Iraq out of the miserable conditions they have been experiencing for about 16 years since the American invasion of that country and the fall of the regime that ruled Iraq for 36 years.
“The joint responsibility of the governments and people makes it a must for both parties to enhance patriotism and participate in confronting corruption as well as monitor the performance of every responsible official.”
“Kuwait is committed to bilateral ties that form the basis for its international activities, because the international relations is actually a collection of excellent bilateral ties that enable a country to accomplish its ties within the global community,” Dr Hayla Hamad
Mukaimi wrote for Al-Nahar daily. “Kuwait and Netherlands maintain excellent bilateral ties. This was the focal point of our discussion with the Dutch Ambassador to Kuwait Frans Potuyt during the third edition of his lectures at Kuwait University where he was a guest of the Gulf and European Studies Unit. The envoy was able to juxtapose Kuwait and the Netherlands, saying both countries are relatively tiny nations geographically.
“This characteristic is the reason why both countries, within the neighboring bigger countries, are obliged to imbibe a kind of policy that centers on moderation, neutrality and maintenance of cordial relations with all other parties. The natural location forms basis for the international policies of both countries.
“The second aspect of the juxtaposition is that both countries are ruled by the monarchy with differences in political prerogatives. The royal family in the Netherlands only commands the authority but is not into governance. In Kuwait His Highness the Amir is regarded as the father of the authorities and a safety valve for the political system. He plays a political role in handling issues concerning the state and government.”
“The Iraqi invasion happened over 28 years ago, yet there are still two Iraqi oil tankers — Ain Zalah and Al-Ramilah — on Warba waters. Our government is not doing anything about it due to internal bickering among themselves,” Meshal Al-Dhufairi wrote for Al-Rai daily.
“Everybody wants to win the contract for removing those tankers from the waters. This is a clear indication of the weakness and inefficiency of the government! Both oil tankers signify environmental threat to the sea water. It is a forgotten Kuwaiti island that is out of the governmental plan regardless of the rumor being peddled concerning intention to upgrade islands.
“The environmental pollution in the islands, which is overwhelming and is killing the marine lives, still continues unabated. However, existence of such massive oil tankers makes one become perplexed as to why the government is so lackluster. One also wonders why the government should neglect islands in such a situation even if the marine lives do not matter. The national security along the international waterways should be given higher priority.”
“Dear His Highness the Prime Minister Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak, Greetings! “I will not begin with a lengthy introduction or end with a long conclusion. I will just present the subject in a brief and frank manner as follows:“Kuwait University is currently undergoing a national disaster. Many Kuwaiti and non-Kuwaiti teaching staff members have been publishing journals in scientific magazines on suspicious Indian websites. They are ready to publish their researches in exchange for money but without accurate scientific discussions that follow valid academic publishing,” Dr Naji
Saoud Al-Zaid wrote for Aljarida daily. “His Highness, we are not talking about those who are innocent but we don’t exempt them also, as they are academicians and must certainly know about the discussions and places to publish their journals before publishing them. The innocent are entitled to prove their stance in any way possible.
“It is possible that some of them used these researches for receiving promotion while many sought to obtain fake researches to take over leading positions. They must have felt pride for being part of the editing staff members of these fake magazines.
“We are facing a national disaster that can have inevitable impact on the future and position of the university and its graduates as well as on this country and its future.
“Therefore we hope this national disaster will be controlled quickly by stripping the Kuwaitis who used these researches off their academic positions including those who are currently in the leading positions. Regarding non-Kuwaitis, their contracts should be terminated immediately and they should not be given end-of-service indemnity because they broke the academic pact and should be punished.”