‘Learn from Iraq, Lebanon turmoil’

‘Root out corruption from society’

“THE world has witnessed umpteen revolutions and we can here talk about some of them, especially those that the Arab world have been a ‘party’ to. Undoubtedly shedding light on the Arab revolutions is the main objective of this article, as I have been and will continue to search for the lost Arab interests,” columnist wrote for daily.

“These days, the people of Iraq and Lebanon continue to turn the tables against their respective governments to rid the corruption at the highest level which they have endured for so long. There is no doubt that these revolutions are overdue because the citizens of these two countries have been suffering from poverty for too long which has resulted in their displacement and brought misery to their lives and the word ‘poverty’ can be seen written in bold letters in every nook and corner of Baghdad and Beirut.

“Indeed, Iraq is blessed with tremendous resources but because of corruption and cronyism – the type we suffer from in Kuwait – has crippled these two nations, their wealth squandered left and right and the future of their peoples and future generations destroyed.

“These peoples should have paid attention to what was going on around them. The Zionist-Islamist conspiracy destroyed Syria and displaced the Syrians. What initially set in as popular claims steamrolled by the people resulted in the devastating war – courtesy of the traitors.

“These two peoples must also take into account the timing of their revolutions, which coincided with the beginning of the Syrian victory over global terrorism, which lasted for eight long years. The victory achieved by Syria forced the terrorists and their supporters to take shelter elsewhere and there is no doubt after the failure in Syria they have moved to Iraq and Lebanon.

“This is what we have noticed in Iraq and Lebanon. The people initially took to the streets demanding reform and then their slogans were laced with sectarian and racist nature and burning of pictures of religious symbols and this is exactly how the revolution in Syria kicked off.

“This also shows that there are those who take advantage of these revolutions to inject the sectarian poison and lead them to the disastrous consequences. The revolutionaries in both Iraq and Lebanon are under obligation to bear regional responsibility and internal reform in their respective countries.

“Before we advise the people of Iraq and Lebanon, we must look at ourselves, since our government is no less corrupt than the governments in Iraq and Lebanon and even our prime minister has done what the prime ministers of Iraq and Lebanon have not, by admitting his government has been rigged with corruption and has resented it. However we see no action being taken against this corruption.

“We are living out the same situation as the people of Iraq and Lebanon and we have the right to do what they do, but at the request of His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad we will not revolt and will not call for it, so as not to fall prey to Zionist intrigues that target Arab homelands and this is what we recommend to the two peoples.

“In the meantime, we direct a question at the government: ‘Do you not want to learn from what is happening in Iraq and Lebanon? Is the stagnation of the Kuwaiti people, which is essentially aimed at maintaining internal security in light of raging regional conflicts, should be exploited in the interest of corruption and influential corrupt’?”

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“Former US President George Bush Jr in 2006 celebrated the killing of Abu Musa’ab al-Zarqawi, the founder of the Islamic State in Iraq, and former US President Barack Obama celebrated the death of Osama bin Laden, the founder of al-Qaeda. The current US President Donald Trump celebrated a week ago the killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the founder of the organization Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant,” columnist, Dean of Technological Studies College at the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training (PAAET) and the Deputy Chairman of the Islamic Heritage Revival Society (IHRS)

wrote for daily. “In an interview with Russia Today, a former British intelligence officer said the British and American intelligence played a major role in directing and supporting revolutions in Iraq and Syria, including the so-called Islamic State (IS), and the testimony of this is the jihadists were freely moving in and out of Iraq untouched by the Western forces.

“He added many British citizens were part of these revolutions and that the British and American foreign ministries were responsible for creating and supporting the ISIS. In this case it was but logical not to eliminate ISIS because the West benefitted from the ISIS and similar conflicts because these conflicts set the region ablaze.

“The US-led campaign with support from 60 countries to ‘liberate’ Iraq and Syria, has not affected the terrorist organizations in spite of the fact that billions of dollars have already been spent, especially by the Arab countries to eliminate the menace of terrorism. The intelligence has warned of the collapse of Arab regimes including the government of Assad – the same intelligence which facilitated these terrorists to occupy and move freely between Syria and Iraq.

“The Western media played a major role to intimidate the overthrow of Assad and portrayed that the Sunni Islamists are the alternative.

“These statements from the British intelligence expert, and similar statements from a dozen others, clearly indicate that those terrorist organizations that the Muslim world has been preoccupied with for decades, and killed thousands of their children in the name of fighting the al-Qaeda or Islamic State terrorists and others, are the creation of the enemies of Islam and their nations by sowing discord from within.

“Unfortunately, thousands of young Muslims who fail to understand the most basic principles of Islam have been busy with these plays after swallowing the bait. Now we may ask: ‘What’s next?’

“With the last chapter of the ISIS ‘play’ over, we wonder what the West is planning next in its quest to destroy our countries and siphon off our wealth. We also wonder about our oblivious peoples who interact with every new play and live it conscientiously. Or will that inattention continue to dominate our minds forever and ever?”

“A million congratulations to the people of Kuwait on the opening of the fourth session of this great legislative chapter, and the start of a new day of manifestation and creativity,” wrote for daily.

“Those who follow the formation of the committees and positions of their members, especially the Legal and Legislative Committee and the Committee for the Protection of Public Funds, will know for certain that we are on the verge of a historic reformist revolution.

“Similar to the way sports teams play with all their trump cards in front of the big sports teams, the parliament is playing with all its trump cards and using its heavy weapons to keep up with the achievements of the reformist government.

“Today, Kuwait faces serious challenges such as asphalting the streets, repairing the lights of the Sabahiya Polyclinic, repairing the school sidewalks, modifying passwords of the e-government website, and other great tasks that our parliament and government will tackle with the patience of sailors and pirates, and based on visions of the most astute strategic planning.

“The government may or may not succeed in carrying out these enormous tasks. The Parliament may or may not succeed in monitoring the implementation of these enormous tasks. Nevertheless, people need to support the government and the parliament. Power comes from the depths, so the people are the depths of the governments and parliaments, giving our officials time to accomplish these great things.”

“Finally Ministry of Health ended the chaos caused by trading of medicines via social media. At a time, this business was popular among the fashionistas and a significant number of unspecialized famous individuals, let alone unspecialized centers,”

wrote for daily. “Recently, the Undersecretary of Ministry of Health Mustafa Redha issued an administrative decision to form a joint committee between Ministry of Health through the department of medicine inspection, and Ministry of Interior through the department of anti-squandering of public funds and cybercrime department.

“The committee is mandated to inspect places that are not licensed to sell medicines, and to impose control on medicines and pharmaceutical products, in addition to smuggled and duped herbs, citing pharmaceutical practices that breach the laws and regulations governing the practice.

“This decision is significant by all merits although it is overdue. It revives hopes of curbing series of shady and greedy businesses that prevail in the circles of some famous people whose stature depend on the social media to sell some medicines and herbs by promoting them as magical solution for the health problems endured by consumers.

“These unregulated medicines and medicinal herbs have caused serious health consequences and even death. We hence wish all the best of success to this committee in its mandate to curb those who are manipulating the consumers and destroying their health under the pretext of curing them. May treatments always be under the oversight of experts and specialists.”

“Yesterday was a special and important day for me. I participated in a seminar titled “Diagnosing the Current Situation and Looking Ahead” organized by the patriotic youth of Kuwait National Guard officers and men, who presented by their own efforts the National Guard Vision 2025. It has intellectual implications and practical policies that will make the National Guard an effective national institution and contribute to the development of the State of Kuwait,”

wrote for daily. “I had the privilege of delivering a scientific paper titled “Imbalance in the Demographics: Dimensions and Proposed Mechanisms,” explaining the urgent need of Kuwait for integrated policies to repair the “imbalance of the demographics” before this problem escalates into a grinding crisis that affects the people and the country!

“The paper focused on the essence of the “demographic imbalance”, which reflected the imbalance between the numbers of Kuwaitis and non-Kuwaitis, which led to (1) creating political, economic, security and cultural challenges; (2) an increase in the number of non-pro-development labor; (3) Increase in the rate of unemployment among Kuwaitis; and (4) The absence of a proper balance in the geographical distribution of expatriate workers.

“The paper presented several proposals and solutions, chief among which were - the recruitment process and deportation should be linked to specific development plans and objectives, establishment of an integrated information system for migrant workers, development of national forces professionally through education, training and activation of replacement policies, prevent manipulation and corruption of visa traders and phantom companies that contributed to the spread of employment of marginal workers, and adopt awareness campaigns for citizens to reduce the number of domestic workers.”

“Concurrently with the technical and scientific development, many services are available from global companies or via their local agents,”

wrote for daily. “Some of these services are good in terms of quality. However, the problem is the way these services are provided by local agents. Some of those agencies hire inefficient technicians who lack the necessary qualifications. Services like communication and information technology are of such low levels that they do not match the high costs especially when compared to their costs in other countries.

“Another negative point is the delay in providing the service and fixing appointments for clients on days that are too far away. Some services obligate the client to contact the mother company via international phone calls because the mother company is in most cases located abroad.

“I would like to call upon Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of Information, Ministry of Communications, and Public Authority for Communication and Information Technology to follow up and monitor the companies working in the field of communication and information technology.

“Should the citizens remain as victims of bad services provided by those companies in the absence of the concerned authorities? Laws are needed to preserve the rights of the citizens and protect them from manipulation.”

– Compiled by Ahmad Al-Shazli